Q: Is 1,700,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,700,424 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 1,700,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 19 22 24 33 36 38 44 57 66 72 76 88 99 113 114 132 152 171 198 209 226 228 264 339 342 396 418 452 456 627 678 684 792 836 904 1,017 1,243 1,254 1,356 1,368 1,672 1,881 2,034 2,147 2,486 2,508 2,712 3,729 3,762 4,068 4,294 4,972 5,016 6,441 7,458 7,524 8,136 8,588 9,944 11,187 12,882 14,916 15,048 17,176 19,323 22,374 23,617 25,764 29,832 38,646 44,748 47,234 51,528 70,851 77,292 89,496 94,468 141,702 154,584 188,936 212,553 283,404 425,106 566,808 850,212 and 1,700,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,700,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,700,424, 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).