Q: Is 2,446,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,446,752 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 2,446,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 331 336 352 462 528 616 662 672 924 993 1,056 1,232 1,324 1,848 1,986 2,317 2,464 2,648 3,641 3,696 3,972 4,634 5,296 6,951 7,282 7,392 7,944 9,268 10,592 10,923 13,902 14,564 15,888 18,536 21,846 25,487 27,804 29,128 31,776 37,072 43,692 50,974 55,608 58,256 74,144 76,461 87,384 101,948 111,216 116,512 152,922 174,768 203,896 222,432 305,844 349,536 407,792 611,688 815,584 1,223,376 and 2,446,752, with no remainder.

Since 2,446,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,446,752, 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).