Q: Is 1,731,660 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,731,660 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 1,731,660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 19 20 21 28 30 31 35 38 42 49 57 60 62 70 76 84 93 95 98 105 114 124 133 140 147 155 186 190 196 210 217 228 245 266 285 294 310 372 380 399 420 434 465 490 532 570 588 589 620 651 665 735 798 868 930 931 980 1,085 1,140 1,178 1,302 1,330 1,470 1,519 1,596 1,767 1,860 1,862 1,995 2,170 2,356 2,604 2,660 2,793 2,940 2,945 3,038 3,255 3,534 3,724 3,990 4,123 4,340 4,557 4,655 5,586 5,890 6,076 6,510 7,068 7,595 7,980 8,246 8,835 9,114 9,310 11,172 11,780 12,369 13,020 13,965 15,190 16,492 17,670 18,228 18,620 20,615 22,785 24,738 27,930 28,861 30,380 35,340 41,230 45,570 49,476 55,860 57,722 61,845 82,460 86,583 91,140 115,444 123,690 144,305 173,166 247,380 288,610 346,332 432,915 577,220 865,830 and 1,731,660, with no remainder.

Since 1,731,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,731,660, 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).