Q: Is 1,683,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,683,738 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 1,683,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 42 46 49 63 69 83 98 126 138 147 161 166 207 249 294 322 414 441 483 498 581 747 882 966 1,127 1,162 1,449 1,494 1,743 1,909 2,254 2,898 3,381 3,486 3,818 4,067 5,229 5,727 6,762 8,134 10,143 10,458 11,454 12,201 13,363 17,181 20,286 24,402 26,726 34,362 36,603 40,089 73,206 80,178 93,541 120,267 187,082 240,534 280,623 561,246 841,869 and 1,683,738, with no remainder.

Since 1,683,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,683,738, 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).