Q: Is 1,735,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,735,020 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 1,735,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 21 27 28 30 34 35 36 42 45 51 54 60 63 68 70 81 84 85 90 102 105 108 119 126 135 140 153 162 170 180 189 204 210 238 243 252 255 270 306 315 324 340 357 378 405 420 459 476 486 510 540 567 595 612 630 714 729 756 765 810 918 945 972 1,020 1,071 1,134 1,190 1,215 1,260 1,377 1,428 1,458 1,530 1,620 1,701 1,785 1,836 1,890 2,142 2,268 2,295 2,380 2,430 2,754 2,835 2,916 3,060 3,213 3,402 3,570 3,645 3,780 4,131 4,284 4,590 4,860 5,103 5,355 5,508 5,670 6,426 6,804 6,885 7,140 7,290 8,262 8,505 9,180 9,639 10,206 10,710 11,340 12,393 12,852 13,770 14,580 16,065 16,524 17,010 19,278 20,412 20,655 21,420 24,786 25,515 27,540 28,917 32,130 34,020 38,556 41,310 48,195 49,572 51,030 57,834 61,965 64,260 82,620 86,751 96,390 102,060 115,668 123,930 144,585 173,502 192,780 247,860 289,170 347,004 433,755 578,340 867,510 and 1,735,020, with no remainder.

Since 1,735,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,735,020, 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).