Q: Is 1,733,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,733,940 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 1,733,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 19 20 26 27 30 36 38 39 45 52 54 57 60 65 76 78 90 95 108 114 117 130 135 156 169 171 180 190 195 228 234 247 260 270 285 338 342 351 380 390 468 494 507 513 540 570 585 676 684 702 741 780 845 855 988 1,014 1,026 1,140 1,170 1,235 1,404 1,482 1,521 1,690 1,710 1,755 2,028 2,052 2,223 2,340 2,470 2,535 2,565 2,964 3,042 3,211 3,380 3,420 3,510 3,705 4,446 4,563 4,940 5,070 5,130 6,084 6,422 6,669 7,020 7,410 7,605 8,892 9,126 9,633 10,140 10,260 11,115 12,844 13,338 14,820 15,210 16,055 18,252 19,266 22,230 22,815 26,676 28,899 30,420 32,110 33,345 38,532 44,460 45,630 48,165 57,798 64,220 66,690 86,697 91,260 96,330 115,596 133,380 144,495 173,394 192,660 288,990 346,788 433,485 577,980 866,970 and 1,733,940, with no remainder.

Since 1,733,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,733,940, 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).