Q: Is 1,746,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,746,264 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 1,746,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 29 39 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 174 193 232 312 348 377 386 579 696 754 772 1,131 1,158 1,508 1,544 2,262 2,316 2,509 3,016 4,524 4,632 5,018 5,597 7,527 9,048 10,036 11,194 15,054 16,791 20,072 22,388 30,108 33,582 44,776 60,216 67,164 72,761 134,328 145,522 218,283 291,044 436,566 582,088 873,132 and 1,746,264, with no remainder.

Since 1,746,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,746,264, 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).