Q: Is 1,743,390 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,743,390 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 1,743,390 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 45 54 55 66 90 99 110 135 165 198 270 297 330 495 587 594 990 1,174 1,485 1,761 2,935 2,970 3,522 5,283 5,870 6,457 8,805 10,566 12,914 15,849 17,610 19,371 26,415 31,698 32,285 38,742 52,830 58,113 64,570 79,245 96,855 116,226 158,490 174,339 193,710 290,565 348,678 581,130 871,695 and 1,743,390, with no remainder.

Since 1,743,390 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,743,390, 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).