Q: Is 2,466,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,466,672 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 2,466,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 59 67 78 104 118 134 156 177 201 208 236 268 312 354 402 472 536 624 708 767 804 871 944 1,072 1,416 1,534 1,608 1,742 2,301 2,613 2,832 3,068 3,216 3,484 3,953 4,602 5,226 6,136 6,968 7,906 9,204 10,452 11,859 12,272 13,936 15,812 18,408 20,904 23,718 31,624 36,816 41,808 47,436 51,389 63,248 94,872 102,778 154,167 189,744 205,556 308,334 411,112 616,668 822,224 1,233,336 and 2,466,672, with no remainder.

Since 2,466,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,466,672, 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).