Q: Is 2,385,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,385,984 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 2,385,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 43 48 51 64 68 86 96 102 129 136 172 192 204 258 272 289 344 408 516 544 578 688 731 816 867 1,032 1,088 1,156 1,376 1,462 1,632 1,734 2,064 2,193 2,312 2,752 2,924 3,264 3,468 4,128 4,386 4,624 5,848 6,936 8,256 8,772 9,248 11,696 12,427 13,872 17,544 18,496 23,392 24,854 27,744 35,088 37,281 46,784 49,708 55,488 70,176 74,562 99,416 140,352 149,124 198,832 298,248 397,664 596,496 795,328 1,192,992 and 2,385,984, with no remainder.

Since 2,385,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,385,984, 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).