Q: Is 2,389,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,389,452 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 2,389,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 17 26 34 39 51 52 53 68 78 102 106 156 159 204 212 221 289 318 442 578 636 663 689 867 884 901 1,156 1,326 1,378 1,734 1,802 2,067 2,652 2,703 2,756 3,468 3,604 3,757 4,134 5,406 7,514 8,268 10,812 11,271 11,713 15,028 15,317 22,542 23,426 30,634 35,139 45,084 45,951 46,852 61,268 70,278 91,902 140,556 183,804 199,121 398,242 597,363 796,484 1,194,726 and 2,389,452, with no remainder.

Since 2,389,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,389,452, 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).