Q: Is 1,737,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,737,120 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 1,737,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 20 21 22 24 28 30 32 33 35 40 42 44 47 48 55 56 60 66 70 77 80 84 88 94 96 105 110 112 120 132 140 141 154 160 165 168 176 188 210 220 224 231 235 240 264 280 282 308 329 330 336 352 376 385 420 440 462 470 480 517 528 560 564 616 658 660 672 705 752 770 840 880 924 940 987 1,034 1,056 1,120 1,128 1,155 1,232 1,316 1,320 1,410 1,504 1,540 1,551 1,645 1,680 1,760 1,848 1,880 1,974 2,068 2,256 2,310 2,464 2,585 2,632 2,640 2,820 3,080 3,102 3,290 3,360 3,619 3,696 3,760 3,948 4,136 4,512 4,620 4,935 5,170 5,264 5,280 5,640 6,160 6,204 6,580 7,238 7,392 7,520 7,755 7,896 8,272 9,240 9,870 10,340 10,528 10,857 11,280 12,320 12,408 13,160 14,476 15,510 15,792 16,544 18,095 18,480 19,740 20,680 21,714 22,560 24,816 26,320 28,952 31,020 31,584 36,190 36,960 39,480 41,360 43,428 49,632 52,640 54,285 57,904 62,040 72,380 78,960 82,720 86,856 108,570 115,808 124,080 144,760 157,920 173,712 217,140 248,160 289,520 347,424 434,280 579,040 868,560 and 1,737,120, with no remainder.

Since 1,737,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,737,120, 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).