Q: Is 1,754,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,754,088 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 1,754,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 53 56 84 106 159 168 197 212 318 371 394 424 591 636 742 788 1,113 1,182 1,272 1,379 1,484 1,576 2,226 2,364 2,758 2,968 4,137 4,452 4,728 5,516 8,274 8,904 10,441 11,032 16,548 20,882 31,323 33,096 41,764 62,646 73,087 83,528 125,292 146,174 219,261 250,584 292,348 438,522 584,696 877,044 and 1,754,088, with no remainder.

Since 1,754,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,754,088, 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).