Q: Is 2,396,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,396,952 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 2,396,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 137 162 216 243 274 324 411 486 548 648 729 822 972 1,096 1,233 1,458 1,644 1,944 2,187 2,466 2,916 3,288 3,699 4,374 4,932 5,832 7,398 8,748 9,864 11,097 14,796 17,496 22,194 29,592 33,291 44,388 66,582 88,776 99,873 133,164 199,746 266,328 299,619 399,492 599,238 798,984 1,198,476 and 2,396,952, with no remainder.

Since 2,396,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,396,952, 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).