Q: Is 1,742,848 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 1,742,848 is a composite number.

Why is 1,742,848 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 1,742,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 37 46 64 74 92 128 148 184 256 296 368 512 592 736 851 1,024 1,184 1,472 1,702 2,048 2,368 2,944 3,404 4,736 5,888 6,808 9,472 11,776 13,616 18,944 23,552 27,232 37,888 47,104 54,464 75,776 108,928 217,856 435,712 871,424 and 1,742,848, with no remainder.

Since 1,742,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,742,848, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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