Q: Is 2,389,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,389,296 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 2,389,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 547 624 728 1,092 1,094 1,456 1,641 2,184 2,188 3,282 3,829 4,368 4,376 6,564 7,111 7,658 8,752 11,487 13,128 14,222 15,316 21,333 22,974 26,256 28,444 30,632 42,666 45,948 49,777 56,888 61,264 85,332 91,896 99,554 113,776 149,331 170,664 183,792 199,108 298,662 341,328 398,216 597,324 796,432 1,194,648 and 2,389,296, with no remainder.

Since 2,389,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,389,296, 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).