Q: Is 2,435,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,435,328 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 2,435,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 128 144 151 168 192 224 252 256 288 302 336 384 448 453 504 576 604 672 768 896 906 1,008 1,057 1,152 1,208 1,344 1,359 1,792 1,812 2,016 2,114 2,304 2,416 2,688 2,718 3,171 3,624 4,032 4,228 4,832 5,376 5,436 6,342 7,248 8,064 8,456 9,513 9,664 10,872 12,684 14,496 16,128 16,912 19,026 19,328 21,744 25,368 28,992 33,824 38,052 38,656 43,488 50,736 57,984 67,648 76,104 86,976 101,472 115,968 135,296 152,208 173,952 202,944 270,592 304,416 347,904 405,888 608,832 811,776 1,217,664 and 2,435,328, with no remainder.

Since 2,435,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,435,328, 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).