Q: Is 1,769,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,769,020 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 1,769,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 17 20 22 34 43 44 55 68 85 86 110 121 170 172 187 215 220 242 340 374 430 473 484 605 731 748 860 935 946 1,210 1,462 1,870 1,892 2,057 2,365 2,420 2,924 3,655 3,740 4,114 4,730 5,203 7,310 8,041 8,228 9,460 10,285 10,406 14,620 16,082 20,570 20,812 26,015 32,164 40,205 41,140 52,030 80,410 88,451 104,060 160,820 176,902 353,804 442,255 884,510 and 1,769,020, with no remainder.

Since 1,769,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,769,020, 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).