Q: Is 1,737,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,737,600 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 1,737,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 128 150 160 181 192 200 240 300 320 362 384 400 480 543 600 640 724 800 905 960 1,086 1,200 1,448 1,600 1,810 1,920 2,172 2,400 2,715 2,896 3,200 3,620 4,344 4,525 4,800 5,430 5,792 7,240 8,688 9,050 9,600 10,860 11,584 13,575 14,480 17,376 18,100 21,720 23,168 27,150 28,960 34,752 36,200 43,440 54,300 57,920 69,504 72,400 86,880 108,600 115,840 144,800 173,760 217,200 289,600 347,520 434,400 579,200 868,800 and 1,737,600, with no remainder.

Since 1,737,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,737,600, 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).