Q: Is 2,471,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,471,352 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 2,471,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 89 104 156 178 267 312 356 534 712 1,068 1,157 2,136 2,314 3,471 4,628 6,942 7,921 9,256 13,884 15,842 23,763 27,768 31,684 47,526 63,368 95,052 102,973 190,104 205,946 308,919 411,892 617,838 823,784 1,235,676 and 2,471,352, with no remainder.

Since 2,471,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,471,352, 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).