Q: Is 1,709,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,709,928 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 1,709,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 17 18 22 24 33 34 36 44 51 66 68 72 88 99 102 127 132 136 153 187 198 204 254 264 306 374 381 396 408 508 561 612 748 762 792 1,016 1,122 1,143 1,224 1,397 1,496 1,524 1,683 2,159 2,244 2,286 2,794 3,048 3,366 4,191 4,318 4,488 4,572 5,588 6,477 6,732 8,382 8,636 9,144 11,176 12,573 12,954 13,464 16,764 17,272 19,431 23,749 25,146 25,908 33,528 38,862 47,498 50,292 51,816 71,247 77,724 94,996 100,584 142,494 155,448 189,992 213,741 284,988 427,482 569,976 854,964 and 1,709,928, with no remainder.

Since 1,709,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,709,928, 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).