Q: Is 1,723,596 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,723,596 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 1,723,596 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 51 68 71 84 102 119 142 204 213 238 284 289 357 426 476 497 578 714 852 867 994 1,156 1,207 1,428 1,491 1,734 1,988 2,023 2,414 2,982 3,468 3,621 4,046 4,828 5,964 6,069 7,242 8,092 8,449 12,138 14,484 16,898 20,519 24,276 25,347 33,796 41,038 50,694 61,557 82,076 101,388 123,114 143,633 246,228 287,266 430,899 574,532 861,798 and 1,723,596, with no remainder.

Since 1,723,596 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,723,596, 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).