Q: Is 1,745,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,745,172 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 1,745,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 78 99 108 113 117 132 143 156 198 226 234 286 297 339 351 396 429 452 468 572 594 678 702 858 1,017 1,188 1,243 1,287 1,356 1,404 1,469 1,716 2,034 2,486 2,574 2,938 3,051 3,729 3,861 4,068 4,407 4,972 5,148 5,876 6,102 7,458 7,722 8,814 11,187 12,204 13,221 14,916 15,444 16,159 17,628 22,374 26,442 32,318 33,561 39,663 44,748 48,477 52,884 64,636 67,122 79,326 96,954 134,244 145,431 158,652 193,908 290,862 436,293 581,724 872,586 and 1,745,172, with no remainder.

Since 1,745,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,745,172, 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).