Q: Is 1,743,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,743,144 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 1,743,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 37 39 52 74 78 104 111 148 151 156 222 296 302 312 444 453 481 604 888 906 962 1,208 1,443 1,812 1,924 1,963 2,886 3,624 3,848 3,926 5,587 5,772 5,889 7,852 11,174 11,544 11,778 15,704 16,761 22,348 23,556 33,522 44,696 47,112 67,044 72,631 134,088 145,262 217,893 290,524 435,786 581,048 871,572 and 1,743,144, with no remainder.

Since 1,743,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,743,144, 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).