Q: Is 1,760,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,760,724 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 1,760,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 27 28 34 36 42 51 54 63 68 84 102 108 119 126 137 153 189 204 238 252 274 306 357 378 411 459 476 548 612 714 756 822 918 959 1,071 1,233 1,428 1,644 1,836 1,918 2,142 2,329 2,466 2,877 3,213 3,699 3,836 4,284 4,658 4,932 5,754 6,426 6,987 7,398 8,631 9,316 11,508 12,852 13,974 14,796 16,303 17,262 20,961 25,893 27,948 32,606 34,524 41,922 48,909 51,786 62,883 65,212 83,844 97,818 103,572 125,766 146,727 195,636 251,532 293,454 440,181 586,908 880,362 and 1,760,724, with no remainder.

Since 1,760,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,760,724, 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).