Q: Is 2,437,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,437,624 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 2,437,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 19 28 29 38 56 58 76 79 116 133 152 158 203 232 266 316 406 532 551 553 632 812 1,064 1,102 1,106 1,501 1,624 2,204 2,212 2,291 3,002 3,857 4,408 4,424 4,582 6,004 7,714 9,164 10,507 12,008 15,428 16,037 18,328 21,014 30,856 32,074 42,028 43,529 64,148 84,056 87,058 128,296 174,116 304,703 348,232 609,406 1,218,812 and 2,437,624, with no remainder.

Since 2,437,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,437,624, 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).