Q: Is 2,317,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,317,952 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 2,317,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 52 56 64 91 104 112 128 182 199 208 224 364 398 416 448 728 796 832 896 1,393 1,456 1,592 1,664 2,587 2,786 2,912 3,184 5,174 5,572 5,824 6,368 10,348 11,144 11,648 12,736 18,109 20,696 22,288 25,472 36,218 41,392 44,576 72,436 82,784 89,152 144,872 165,568 178,304 289,744 331,136 579,488 1,158,976 and 2,317,952, with no remainder.

Since 2,317,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,317,952, 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).