Q: Is 2,409,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,409,876 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 2,409,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 73 84 126 131 146 219 252 262 292 393 438 511 524 657 786 876 917 1,022 1,179 1,314 1,533 1,572 1,834 2,044 2,358 2,628 2,751 3,066 3,668 4,599 4,716 5,502 6,132 8,253 9,198 9,563 11,004 16,506 18,396 19,126 28,689 33,012 38,252 57,378 66,941 86,067 114,756 133,882 172,134 200,823 267,764 344,268 401,646 602,469 803,292 1,204,938 and 2,409,876, with no remainder.

Since 2,409,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,409,876, 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).