Q: Is 2,475,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,475,264 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 2,475,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 256 264 293 352 384 528 586 704 768 879 1,056 1,172 1,408 1,758 2,112 2,344 2,816 3,223 3,516 4,224 4,688 6,446 7,032 8,448 9,376 9,669 12,892 14,064 18,752 19,338 25,784 28,128 37,504 38,676 51,568 56,256 75,008 77,352 103,136 112,512 154,704 206,272 225,024 309,408 412,544 618,816 825,088 1,237,632 and 2,475,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,475,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,475,264, 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).