Q: Is 2,455,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,455,024 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 2,455,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 29 37 44 52 58 74 88 104 116 143 148 176 208 232 286 296 319 377 407 464 481 572 592 638 754 814 962 1,073 1,144 1,276 1,508 1,628 1,924 2,146 2,288 2,552 3,016 3,256 3,848 4,147 4,292 5,104 5,291 6,032 6,512 7,696 8,294 8,584 10,582 11,803 13,949 16,588 17,168 21,164 23,606 27,898 33,176 42,328 47,212 55,796 66,352 84,656 94,424 111,592 153,439 188,848 223,184 306,878 613,756 1,227,512 and 2,455,024, with no remainder.

Since 2,455,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,455,024, 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).