Q: Is 1,743,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,743,456 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 1,743,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 32 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 96 104 127 132 143 156 176 208 254 264 286 312 352 381 416 429 508 528 572 624 762 858 1,016 1,056 1,144 1,248 1,397 1,524 1,651 1,716 2,032 2,288 2,794 3,048 3,302 3,432 4,064 4,191 4,576 4,953 5,588 6,096 6,604 6,864 8,382 9,906 11,176 12,192 13,208 13,728 16,764 18,161 19,812 22,352 26,416 33,528 36,322 39,624 44,704 52,832 54,483 67,056 72,644 79,248 108,966 134,112 145,288 158,496 217,932 290,576 435,864 581,152 871,728 and 1,743,456, with no remainder.

Since 1,743,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,743,456, 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).