Q: Is 1,737,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,737,792 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 1,737,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 431 448 504 576 672 862 1,008 1,293 1,344 1,724 2,016 2,586 3,017 3,448 3,879 4,032 5,172 6,034 6,896 7,758 9,051 10,344 12,068 13,792 15,516 18,102 20,688 24,136 27,153 27,584 31,032 36,204 41,376 48,272 54,306 62,064 72,408 82,752 96,544 108,612 124,128 144,816 193,088 217,224 248,256 289,632 434,448 579,264 868,896 and 1,737,792, with no remainder.

Since 1,737,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,737,792, 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).