Q: Is 2,415,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,415,952 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 2,415,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 37 44 53 56 74 77 88 106 112 148 154 176 212 259 296 308 371 407 424 518 583 592 616 742 814 848 1,036 1,166 1,232 1,484 1,628 1,961 2,072 2,332 2,849 2,968 3,256 3,922 4,081 4,144 4,664 5,698 5,936 6,512 7,844 8,162 9,328 11,396 13,727 15,688 16,324 21,571 22,792 27,454 31,376 32,648 43,142 45,584 54,908 65,296 86,284 109,816 150,997 172,568 219,632 301,994 345,136 603,988 1,207,976 and 2,415,952, with no remainder.

Since 2,415,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,415,952, 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).