Q: Is 1,708,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,708,168 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 1,708,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 47 56 59 77 88 94 118 154 188 236 308 329 376 413 472 517 616 649 658 826 1,034 1,298 1,316 1,652 2,068 2,596 2,632 2,773 3,304 3,619 4,136 4,543 5,192 5,546 7,238 9,086 11,092 14,476 18,172 19,411 22,184 28,952 30,503 36,344 38,822 61,006 77,644 122,012 155,288 213,521 244,024 427,042 854,084 and 1,708,168, with no remainder.

Since 1,708,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,708,168, 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).