Q: Is 1,713,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,713,888 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 1,713,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 352 396 528 541 792 1,056 1,082 1,584 1,623 2,164 3,168 3,246 4,328 4,869 5,951 6,492 8,656 9,738 11,902 12,984 17,312 17,853 19,476 23,804 25,968 35,706 38,952 47,608 51,936 53,559 71,412 77,904 95,216 107,118 142,824 155,808 190,432 214,236 285,648 428,472 571,296 856,944 and 1,713,888, with no remainder.

Since 1,713,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,713,888, 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).