Q: Is 2,437,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,437,776 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 2,437,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 19 22 24 27 33 36 38 44 48 54 57 66 72 76 81 88 99 108 114 132 144 152 162 171 176 198 209 216 228 243 264 297 304 324 342 396 418 432 456 486 513 528 594 627 648 684 729 792 836 891 912 972 1,026 1,188 1,254 1,296 1,368 1,458 1,539 1,584 1,672 1,782 1,881 1,944 2,052 2,376 2,508 2,673 2,736 2,916 3,078 3,344 3,564 3,762 3,888 4,104 4,617 4,752 5,016 5,346 5,643 5,832 6,156 7,128 7,524 8,019 8,208 9,234 10,032 10,692 11,286 11,664 12,312 13,851 14,256 15,048 16,038 16,929 18,468 21,384 22,572 24,624 27,702 30,096 32,076 33,858 36,936 42,768 45,144 50,787 55,404 64,152 67,716 73,872 90,288 101,574 110,808 128,304 135,432 152,361 203,148 221,616 270,864 304,722 406,296 609,444 812,592 1,218,888 and 2,437,776, with no remainder.

Since 2,437,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,437,776, 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).