Q: Is 1,733,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,733,424 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 1,733,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 49 56 66 67 77 84 88 98 112 132 134 147 154 168 176 196 201 231 264 268 294 308 336 392 402 462 469 528 536 539 588 616 737 784 804 924 938 1,072 1,078 1,176 1,232 1,407 1,474 1,608 1,617 1,848 1,876 2,156 2,211 2,352 2,814 2,948 3,216 3,234 3,283 3,696 3,752 4,312 4,422 5,159 5,628 5,896 6,468 6,566 7,504 8,624 8,844 9,849 10,318 11,256 11,792 12,936 13,132 15,477 17,688 19,698 20,636 22,512 25,872 26,264 30,954 35,376 36,113 39,396 41,272 52,528 61,908 72,226 78,792 82,544 108,339 123,816 144,452 157,584 216,678 247,632 288,904 433,356 577,808 866,712 and 1,733,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,733,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,733,424, 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).