Q: Is 1,738,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,738,704 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 1,738,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 37 44 48 66 74 88 89 111 132 148 176 178 222 264 267 296 356 407 444 528 534 592 712 814 888 979 1,068 1,221 1,424 1,628 1,776 1,958 2,136 2,442 2,937 3,256 3,293 3,916 4,272 4,884 5,874 6,512 6,586 7,832 9,768 9,879 11,748 13,172 15,664 19,536 19,758 23,496 26,344 36,223 39,516 46,992 52,688 72,446 79,032 108,669 144,892 158,064 217,338 289,784 434,676 579,568 869,352 and 1,738,704, with no remainder.

Since 1,738,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,738,704, 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).