Q: Is 1,473,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,473,732 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 1,473,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 47 52 67 78 94 117 134 141 156 188 201 234 268 282 402 423 468 564 603 611 804 846 871 1,206 1,222 1,692 1,742 1,833 2,412 2,444 2,613 3,149 3,484 3,666 5,226 5,499 6,298 7,332 7,839 9,447 10,452 10,998 12,596 15,678 18,894 21,996 28,341 31,356 37,788 40,937 56,682 81,874 113,364 122,811 163,748 245,622 368,433 491,244 736,866 and 1,473,732, with no remainder.

Since 1,473,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,473,732, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).