Q: Is 1,742,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,742,976 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 1,742,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 89 96 102 128 136 144 153 178 192 204 267 272 288 306 356 384 408 534 544 576 612 712 801 816 1,068 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,424 1,513 1,602 1,632 2,136 2,176 2,448 2,848 3,026 3,204 3,264 4,272 4,539 4,896 5,696 6,052 6,408 6,528 8,544 9,078 9,792 11,392 12,104 12,816 13,617 17,088 18,156 19,584 24,208 25,632 27,234 34,176 36,312 48,416 51,264 54,468 72,624 96,832 102,528 108,936 145,248 193,664 217,872 290,496 435,744 580,992 871,488 and 1,742,976, with no remainder.

Since 1,742,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,742,976, 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).