Q: Is 2,378,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,378,016 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 2,378,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 276 288 359 368 414 552 718 736 828 1,077 1,104 1,436 1,656 2,154 2,208 2,872 3,231 3,312 4,308 5,744 6,462 6,624 8,257 8,616 11,488 12,924 16,514 17,232 24,771 25,848 33,028 34,464 49,542 51,696 66,056 74,313 99,084 103,392 132,112 148,626 198,168 264,224 297,252 396,336 594,504 792,672 1,189,008 and 2,378,016, with no remainder.

Since 2,378,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,378,016, 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).