Q: Is 1,726,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,726,428 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 1,726,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 29 33 41 44 58 66 82 87 116 121 123 132 164 174 242 246 319 348 363 451 484 492 638 726 902 957 1,189 1,276 1,353 1,452 1,804 1,914 2,378 2,706 3,509 3,567 3,828 4,756 4,961 5,412 7,018 7,134 9,922 10,527 13,079 14,036 14,268 14,883 19,844 21,054 26,158 29,766 39,237 42,108 52,316 59,532 78,474 143,869 156,948 287,738 431,607 575,476 863,214 and 1,726,428, with no remainder.

Since 1,726,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,726,428, 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).