Q: Is 1,711,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,711,008 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 1,711,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 457 468 624 914 936 1,248 1,371 1,828 1,872 2,742 3,656 3,744 4,113 5,484 5,941 7,312 8,226 10,968 11,882 14,624 16,452 17,823 21,936 23,764 32,904 35,646 43,872 47,528 53,469 65,808 71,292 95,056 106,938 131,616 142,584 190,112 213,876 285,168 427,752 570,336 855,504 and 1,711,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,711,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,711,008, 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).