Q: Is 2,423,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,423,952 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 2,423,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 48 54 62 72 93 108 124 144 181 186 216 248 279 362 372 432 496 543 558 724 744 837 1,086 1,116 1,448 1,488 1,629 1,674 2,172 2,232 2,896 3,258 3,348 4,344 4,464 4,887 5,611 6,516 6,696 8,688 9,774 11,222 13,032 13,392 16,833 19,548 22,444 26,064 33,666 39,096 44,888 50,499 67,332 78,192 89,776 100,998 134,664 151,497 201,996 269,328 302,994 403,992 605,988 807,984 1,211,976 and 2,423,952, with no remainder.

Since 2,423,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,423,952, 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).