Q: Is 2,409,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,409,552 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 2,409,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 36 48 58 72 87 116 144 174 232 261 348 464 522 577 696 1,044 1,154 1,392 1,731 2,088 2,308 3,462 4,176 4,616 5,193 6,924 9,232 10,386 13,848 16,733 20,772 27,696 33,466 41,544 50,199 66,932 83,088 100,398 133,864 150,597 200,796 267,728 301,194 401,592 602,388 803,184 1,204,776 and 2,409,552, with no remainder.

Since 2,409,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,409,552, 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).