Q: Is 2,355,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,355,264 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 2,355,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 47 48 54 58 64 72 87 94 96 108 116 141 144 174 188 192 216 232 261 282 288 348 376 423 432 464 522 564 576 696 752 783 846 864 928 1,044 1,128 1,269 1,363 1,392 1,504 1,566 1,692 1,728 1,856 2,088 2,256 2,538 2,726 2,784 3,008 3,132 3,384 4,089 4,176 4,512 5,076 5,452 5,568 6,264 6,768 8,178 8,352 9,024 10,152 10,904 12,267 12,528 13,536 16,356 16,704 20,304 21,808 24,534 25,056 27,072 32,712 36,801 40,608 43,616 49,068 50,112 65,424 73,602 81,216 87,232 98,136 130,848 147,204 196,272 261,696 294,408 392,544 588,816 785,088 1,177,632 and 2,355,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,355,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,355,264, 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).