Q: Is 2,361,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,361,744 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 2,361,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 27 28 33 36 42 44 48 54 56 63 66 71 72 77 84 88 99 108 112 126 132 142 144 154 168 176 189 198 213 216 231 252 264 284 297 308 336 378 396 426 432 462 497 504 528 568 594 616 639 693 756 781 792 852 924 994 1,008 1,136 1,188 1,232 1,278 1,386 1,491 1,512 1,562 1,584 1,704 1,848 1,917 1,988 2,079 2,343 2,376 2,556 2,772 2,982 3,024 3,124 3,408 3,696 3,834 3,976 4,158 4,473 4,686 4,752 5,112 5,467 5,544 5,964 6,248 7,029 7,668 7,952 8,316 8,946 9,372 10,224 10,934 11,088 11,928 12,496 13,419 14,058 15,336 16,401 16,632 17,892 18,744 21,087 21,868 23,856 26,838 28,116 30,672 32,802 33,264 35,784 37,488 42,174 43,736 49,203 53,676 56,232 65,604 71,568 84,348 87,472 98,406 107,352 112,464 131,208 147,609 168,696 196,812 214,704 262,416 295,218 337,392 393,624 590,436 787,248 1,180,872 and 2,361,744, with no remainder.

Since 2,361,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,361,744, 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).