Q: Is 1,740,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,740,024 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 1,740,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 156 169 198 234 264 286 312 338 396 429 468 507 572 676 792 858 936 1,014 1,144 1,287 1,352 1,521 1,716 1,859 2,028 2,197 2,574 3,042 3,432 3,718 4,056 4,394 5,148 5,577 6,084 6,591 7,436 8,788 10,296 11,154 12,168 13,182 14,872 16,731 17,576 19,773 22,308 24,167 26,364 33,462 39,546 44,616 48,334 52,728 66,924 72,501 79,092 96,668 133,848 145,002 158,184 193,336 217,503 290,004 435,006 580,008 870,012 and 1,740,024, with no remainder.

Since 1,740,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,740,024, 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).