Q: Is 2,432,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,432,448 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 2,432,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 64 72 82 96 103 123 144 164 192 206 246 288 309 328 369 412 492 576 618 656 738 824 927 984 1,236 1,312 1,476 1,648 1,854 1,968 2,472 2,624 2,952 3,296 3,708 3,936 4,223 4,944 5,904 6,592 7,416 7,872 8,446 9,888 11,808 12,669 14,832 16,892 19,776 23,616 25,338 29,664 33,784 38,007 50,676 59,328 67,568 76,014 101,352 135,136 152,028 202,704 270,272 304,056 405,408 608,112 810,816 1,216,224 and 2,432,448, with no remainder.

Since 2,432,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,432,448, 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).