Q: Is 1,735,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,735,536 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 1,735,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 19 22 24 33 38 44 48 57 66 76 88 114 132 152 173 176 209 228 264 304 346 418 456 519 528 627 692 836 912 1,038 1,254 1,384 1,672 1,903 2,076 2,508 2,768 3,287 3,344 3,806 4,152 5,016 5,709 6,574 7,612 8,304 9,861 10,032 11,418 13,148 15,224 19,722 22,836 26,296 30,448 36,157 39,444 45,672 52,592 72,314 78,888 91,344 108,471 144,628 157,776 216,942 289,256 433,884 578,512 867,768 and 1,735,536, with no remainder.

Since 1,735,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,735,536, 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).