Q: Is 2,447,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,447,368 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 2,447,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 29 44 56 58 77 88 116 137 154 203 232 274 308 319 406 548 616 638 812 959 1,096 1,276 1,507 1,624 1,918 2,233 2,552 3,014 3,836 3,973 4,466 6,028 7,672 7,946 8,932 10,549 12,056 15,892 17,864 21,098 27,811 31,784 42,196 43,703 55,622 84,392 87,406 111,244 174,812 222,488 305,921 349,624 611,842 1,223,684 and 2,447,368, with no remainder.

Since 2,447,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,447,368, 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).