Q: Is 1,731,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,731,184 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 1,731,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 29 41 52 56 58 82 91 104 112 116 164 182 203 208 232 287 328 364 377 406 464 533 574 656 728 754 812 1,066 1,148 1,189 1,456 1,508 1,624 2,132 2,296 2,378 2,639 3,016 3,248 3,731 4,264 4,592 4,756 5,278 6,032 7,462 8,323 8,528 9,512 10,556 14,924 15,457 16,646 19,024 21,112 29,848 30,914 33,292 42,224 59,696 61,828 66,584 108,199 123,656 133,168 216,398 247,312 432,796 865,592 and 1,731,184, with no remainder.

Since 1,731,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,731,184, 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).