Q: Is 1,699,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,699,170 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 1,699,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 19 22 30 33 38 55 57 66 95 110 114 165 190 209 271 285 330 418 542 570 627 813 1,045 1,254 1,355 1,626 2,090 2,710 2,981 3,135 4,065 5,149 5,962 6,270 8,130 8,943 10,298 14,905 15,447 17,886 25,745 29,810 30,894 44,715 51,490 56,639 77,235 89,430 113,278 154,470 169,917 283,195 339,834 566,390 849,585 and 1,699,170, with no remainder.

Since 1,699,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,699,170, 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).