Q: Is 1,707,660 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,707,660 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 1,707,660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 53 60 90 106 159 179 180 212 265 318 358 477 530 537 636 716 795 895 954 1,060 1,074 1,590 1,611 1,790 1,908 2,148 2,385 2,685 3,180 3,222 3,580 4,770 5,370 6,444 8,055 9,487 9,540 10,740 16,110 18,974 28,461 32,220 37,948 47,435 56,922 85,383 94,870 113,844 142,305 170,766 189,740 284,610 341,532 426,915 569,220 853,830 and 1,707,660, with no remainder.

Since 1,707,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,707,660, 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).