Q: Is 1,738,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,738,352 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 1,738,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 17 22 28 34 44 56 68 77 83 88 112 119 136 154 166 176 187 238 272 308 332 374 476 581 616 664 748 913 952 1,162 1,232 1,309 1,328 1,411 1,496 1,826 1,904 2,324 2,618 2,822 2,992 3,652 4,648 5,236 5,644 6,391 7,304 9,296 9,877 10,472 11,288 12,782 14,608 15,521 19,754 20,944 22,576 25,564 31,042 39,508 51,128 62,084 79,016 102,256 108,647 124,168 158,032 217,294 248,336 434,588 869,176 and 1,738,352, with no remainder.

Since 1,738,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,738,352, 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).