Q: Is 1,729,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,729,224 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 1,729,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 47 56 63 72 73 84 94 126 141 146 168 188 219 252 282 292 329 376 423 438 504 511 564 584 657 658 846 876 987 1,022 1,128 1,314 1,316 1,533 1,692 1,752 1,974 2,044 2,628 2,632 2,961 3,066 3,384 3,431 3,948 4,088 4,599 5,256 5,922 6,132 6,862 7,896 9,198 10,293 11,844 12,264 13,724 18,396 20,586 23,688 24,017 27,448 30,879 36,792 41,172 48,034 61,758 72,051 82,344 96,068 123,516 144,102 192,136 216,153 247,032 288,204 432,306 576,408 864,612 and 1,729,224, with no remainder.

Since 1,729,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,729,224, 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).