Q: Is 2,398,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,398,704 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 2,398,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 59 66 77 84 88 112 118 121 132 154 168 176 177 231 236 242 264 308 336 354 363 413 462 472 484 528 616 649 708 726 826 847 924 944 968 1,232 1,239 1,298 1,416 1,452 1,652 1,694 1,848 1,936 1,947 2,478 2,541 2,596 2,832 2,904 3,304 3,388 3,696 3,894 4,543 4,956 5,082 5,192 5,808 6,608 6,776 7,139 7,788 9,086 9,912 10,164 10,384 13,552 13,629 14,278 15,576 18,172 19,824 20,328 21,417 27,258 28,556 31,152 36,344 40,656 42,834 49,973 54,516 57,112 72,688 85,668 99,946 109,032 114,224 149,919 171,336 199,892 218,064 299,838 342,672 399,784 599,676 799,568 1,199,352 and 2,398,704, with no remainder.

Since 2,398,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,398,704, 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).