Q: Is 2,449,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,449,104 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 2,449,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 56 74 84 111 112 148 168 197 222 259 296 336 394 444 518 591 592 777 788 888 1,036 1,182 1,379 1,554 1,576 1,776 2,072 2,364 2,758 3,108 3,152 4,137 4,144 4,728 5,516 6,216 7,289 8,274 9,456 11,032 12,432 14,578 16,548 21,867 22,064 29,156 33,096 43,734 51,023 58,312 66,192 87,468 102,046 116,624 153,069 174,936 204,092 306,138 349,872 408,184 612,276 816,368 1,224,552 and 2,449,104, with no remainder.

Since 2,449,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,449,104, 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).