Q: Is 1,750,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,750,008 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 1,750,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 71 78 79 104 142 156 158 213 237 284 312 316 426 474 568 632 852 923 948 1,027 1,704 1,846 1,896 2,054 2,769 3,081 3,692 4,108 5,538 5,609 6,162 7,384 8,216 11,076 11,218 12,324 16,827 22,152 22,436 24,648 33,654 44,872 67,308 72,917 134,616 145,834 218,751 291,668 437,502 583,336 875,004 and 1,750,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,750,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,750,008, 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).