Q: Is 1,704,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,704,040 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 1,704,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 29 40 52 58 65 104 113 116 130 145 226 232 260 290 377 452 520 565 580 754 904 1,130 1,160 1,469 1,508 1,885 2,260 2,938 3,016 3,277 3,770 4,520 5,876 6,554 7,345 7,540 11,752 13,108 14,690 15,080 16,385 26,216 29,380 32,770 42,601 58,760 65,540 85,202 131,080 170,404 213,005 340,808 426,010 852,020 and 1,704,040, with no remainder.

Since 1,704,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,704,040, 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).