Q: Is 1,702,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,702,584 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 1,702,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 107 117 136 153 156 204 214 221 234 306 312 321 408 428 442 468 612 642 663 856 884 936 963 1,224 1,284 1,326 1,391 1,768 1,819 1,926 1,989 2,568 2,652 2,782 3,638 3,852 3,978 4,173 5,304 5,457 5,564 7,276 7,704 7,956 8,346 10,914 11,128 12,519 14,552 15,912 16,371 16,692 21,828 23,647 25,038 32,742 33,384 43,656 47,294 50,076 65,484 70,941 94,588 100,152 130,968 141,882 189,176 212,823 283,764 425,646 567,528 851,292 and 1,702,584, with no remainder.

Since 1,702,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,702,584, 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).