Q: Is 1,746,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,746,432 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 1,746,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 379 384 512 576 758 768 1,137 1,152 1,516 1,536 2,274 2,304 3,032 3,411 4,548 4,608 6,064 6,822 9,096 12,128 13,644 18,192 24,256 27,288 36,384 48,512 54,576 72,768 97,024 109,152 145,536 194,048 218,304 291,072 436,608 582,144 873,216 and 1,746,432, with no remainder.

Since 1,746,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,746,432, 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).