Q: Is 1,723,302 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,723,302 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 1,723,302 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 47 54 63 94 97 126 141 189 194 282 291 329 378 423 582 658 679 846 873 987 1,269 1,358 1,746 1,974 2,037 2,538 2,619 2,961 4,074 4,559 5,238 5,922 6,111 8,883 9,118 12,222 13,677 17,766 18,333 27,354 31,913 36,666 41,031 63,826 82,062 95,739 123,093 191,478 246,186 287,217 574,434 861,651 and 1,723,302, with no remainder.

Since 1,723,302 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,723,302, 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).