Q: Is 1,732,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,732,368 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 1,732,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 176 187 193 204 264 272 374 386 408 528 561 579 748 772 816 1,122 1,158 1,496 1,544 2,123 2,244 2,316 2,992 3,088 3,281 4,246 4,488 4,632 6,369 6,562 8,492 8,976 9,264 9,843 12,738 13,124 16,984 19,686 25,476 26,248 33,968 36,091 39,372 50,952 52,496 72,182 78,744 101,904 108,273 144,364 157,488 216,546 288,728 433,092 577,456 866,184 and 1,732,368, with no remainder.

Since 1,732,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,732,368, 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).