Q: Is 2,379,276 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,379,276 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 2,379,276 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 43 53 58 86 87 106 116 129 159 172 174 212 258 261 318 348 387 477 516 522 636 774 954 1,044 1,247 1,537 1,548 1,908 2,279 2,494 3,074 3,741 4,558 4,611 4,988 6,148 6,837 7,482 9,116 9,222 11,223 13,674 13,833 14,964 18,444 20,511 22,446 27,348 27,666 41,022 44,892 55,332 66,091 82,044 132,182 198,273 264,364 396,546 594,819 793,092 1,189,638 and 2,379,276, with no remainder.

Since 2,379,276 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,379,276, 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).