Q: Is 1,730,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,730,736 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 1,730,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 48 51 56 63 68 72 84 101 102 112 119 126 136 144 153 168 202 204 238 252 272 303 306 336 357 404 408 476 504 606 612 707 714 808 816 909 952 1,008 1,071 1,212 1,224 1,414 1,428 1,616 1,717 1,818 1,904 2,121 2,142 2,424 2,448 2,828 2,856 3,434 3,636 4,242 4,284 4,848 5,151 5,656 5,712 6,363 6,868 7,272 8,484 8,568 10,302 11,312 12,019 12,726 13,736 14,544 15,453 16,968 17,136 20,604 24,038 25,452 27,472 30,906 33,936 36,057 41,208 48,076 50,904 61,812 72,114 82,416 96,152 101,808 108,171 123,624 144,228 192,304 216,342 247,248 288,456 432,684 576,912 865,368 and 1,730,736, with no remainder.

Since 1,730,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,730,736, 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).