Q: Is 1,740,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,740,816 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 1,740,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 112 126 132 144 154 157 168 176 198 231 252 264 308 314 336 396 462 471 504 528 616 628 693 792 924 942 1,008 1,099 1,232 1,256 1,386 1,413 1,584 1,727 1,848 1,884 2,198 2,512 2,772 2,826 3,297 3,454 3,696 3,768 4,396 5,181 5,544 5,652 6,594 6,908 7,536 8,792 9,891 10,362 11,088 11,304 12,089 13,188 13,816 15,543 17,584 19,782 20,724 22,608 24,178 26,376 27,632 31,086 36,267 39,564 41,448 48,356 52,752 62,172 72,534 79,128 82,896 96,712 108,801 124,344 145,068 158,256 193,424 217,602 248,688 290,136 435,204 580,272 870,408 and 1,740,816, with no remainder.

Since 1,740,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,740,816, 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).