Q: Is 2,328,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,328,048 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 2,328,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 317 408 432 459 612 634 816 918 951 1,224 1,268 1,836 1,902 2,448 2,536 2,853 3,672 3,804 5,072 5,389 5,706 7,344 7,608 8,559 10,778 11,412 15,216 16,167 17,118 21,556 22,824 32,334 34,236 43,112 45,648 48,501 64,668 68,472 86,224 97,002 129,336 136,944 145,503 194,004 258,672 291,006 388,008 582,012 776,016 1,164,024 and 2,328,048, with no remainder.

Since 2,328,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,328,048, 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).