Q: Is 2,348,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,348,496 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 2,348,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 47 48 72 94 141 144 188 282 347 376 423 564 694 752 846 1,041 1,128 1,388 1,692 2,082 2,256 2,776 3,123 3,384 4,164 5,552 6,246 6,768 8,328 12,492 16,309 16,656 24,984 32,618 48,927 49,968 65,236 97,854 130,472 146,781 195,708 260,944 293,562 391,416 587,124 782,832 1,174,248 and 2,348,496, with no remainder.

Since 2,348,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,348,496, 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).