Q: Is 2,480,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,480,832 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 2,480,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 59 64 72 73 96 118 144 146 177 192 219 236 288 292 354 438 472 531 576 584 657 708 876 944 1,062 1,168 1,314 1,416 1,752 1,888 2,124 2,336 2,628 2,832 3,504 3,776 4,248 4,307 4,672 5,256 5,664 7,008 8,496 8,614 10,512 11,328 12,921 14,016 16,992 17,228 21,024 25,842 33,984 34,456 38,763 42,048 51,684 68,912 77,526 103,368 137,824 155,052 206,736 275,648 310,104 413,472 620,208 826,944 1,240,416 and 2,480,832, with no remainder.

Since 2,480,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,480,832, 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).