Q: Is 1,742,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,742,112 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 1,742,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 263 276 288 368 414 526 552 736 789 828 1,052 1,104 1,578 1,656 2,104 2,208 2,367 3,156 3,312 4,208 4,734 6,049 6,312 6,624 8,416 9,468 12,098 12,624 18,147 18,936 24,196 25,248 36,294 37,872 48,392 54,441 72,588 75,744 96,784 108,882 145,176 193,568 217,764 290,352 435,528 580,704 871,056 and 1,742,112, with no remainder.

Since 1,742,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,742,112, 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).