Q: Is 1,739,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,739,952 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 1,739,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 43 48 72 86 129 144 172 258 281 344 387 516 562 688 774 843 1,032 1,124 1,548 1,686 2,064 2,248 2,529 3,096 3,372 4,496 5,058 6,192 6,744 10,116 12,083 13,488 20,232 24,166 36,249 40,464 48,332 72,498 96,664 108,747 144,996 193,328 217,494 289,992 434,988 579,984 869,976 and 1,739,952, with no remainder.

Since 1,739,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,739,952, 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).