Q: Is 2,304,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,304,792 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 2,304,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 51 56 63 68 72 84 102 119 126 136 153 168 204 238 252 269 306 357 408 476 504 538 612 714 807 952 1,071 1,076 1,224 1,428 1,614 1,883 2,142 2,152 2,421 2,856 3,228 3,766 4,284 4,573 4,842 5,649 6,456 7,532 8,568 9,146 9,684 11,298 13,719 15,064 16,947 18,292 19,368 22,596 27,438 32,011 33,894 36,584 41,157 45,192 54,876 64,022 67,788 82,314 96,033 109,752 128,044 135,576 164,628 192,066 256,088 288,099 329,256 384,132 576,198 768,264 1,152,396 and 2,304,792, with no remainder.

Since 2,304,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,304,792, 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).