Q: Is 2,316,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,316,496 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 2,316,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 37 43 52 56 74 86 91 104 112 148 172 182 208 259 296 301 344 364 481 518 559 592 602 688 728 962 1,036 1,118 1,204 1,456 1,591 1,924 2,072 2,236 2,408 3,182 3,367 3,848 3,913 4,144 4,472 4,816 6,364 6,734 7,696 7,826 8,944 11,137 12,728 13,468 15,652 20,683 22,274 25,456 26,936 31,304 41,366 44,548 53,872 62,608 82,732 89,096 144,781 165,464 178,192 289,562 330,928 579,124 1,158,248 and 2,316,496, with no remainder.

Since 2,316,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,316,496, 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).