Q: Is 1,723,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,723,008 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 1,723,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 641 672 896 1,282 1,344 1,923 2,564 2,688 3,846 4,487 5,128 7,692 8,974 10,256 13,461 15,384 17,948 20,512 26,922 30,768 35,896 41,024 53,844 61,536 71,792 82,048 107,688 123,072 143,584 215,376 246,144 287,168 430,752 574,336 861,504 and 1,723,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,723,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,723,008, 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).