Q: Is 2,479,518 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,479,518 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 2,479,518 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 37 51 54 73 74 102 111 146 153 219 222 306 333 438 459 629 657 666 918 999 1,241 1,258 1,314 1,887 1,971 1,998 2,482 2,701 3,723 3,774 3,942 5,402 5,661 7,446 8,103 11,169 11,322 16,206 16,983 22,338 24,309 33,507 33,966 45,917 48,618 67,014 72,927 91,834 137,751 145,854 275,502 413,253 826,506 1,239,759 and 2,479,518, with no remainder.

Since 2,479,518 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,479,518, 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).