Q: Is 1,743,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,743,360 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 1,743,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 227 240 256 320 384 454 480 512 640 681 768 908 960 1,135 1,280 1,362 1,536 1,816 1,920 2,270 2,560 2,724 3,405 3,632 3,840 4,540 5,448 6,810 7,264 7,680 9,080 10,896 13,620 14,528 18,160 21,792 27,240 29,056 36,320 43,584 54,480 58,112 72,640 87,168 108,960 116,224 145,280 174,336 217,920 290,560 348,672 435,840 581,120 871,680 and 1,743,360, with no remainder.

Since 1,743,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,743,360, 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).