Q: Is 2,374,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,374,944 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 2,374,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 32 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 96 104 132 143 156 173 176 208 264 286 312 346 352 416 429 519 528 572 624 692 858 1,038 1,056 1,144 1,248 1,384 1,716 1,903 2,076 2,249 2,288 2,768 3,432 3,806 4,152 4,498 4,576 5,536 5,709 6,747 6,864 7,612 8,304 8,996 11,418 13,494 13,728 15,224 16,608 17,992 22,836 24,739 26,988 30,448 35,984 45,672 49,478 53,976 60,896 71,968 74,217 91,344 98,956 107,952 148,434 182,688 197,912 215,904 296,868 395,824 593,736 791,648 1,187,472 and 2,374,944, with no remainder.

Since 2,374,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,374,944, 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).