Q: Is 2,490,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,490,264 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 2,490,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 61 63 72 81 84 108 122 126 162 168 183 189 216 243 244 252 324 366 378 427 486 488 504 549 567 648 729 732 756 854 972 1,098 1,134 1,281 1,458 1,464 1,512 1,647 1,701 1,708 1,944 2,196 2,268 2,562 2,916 3,294 3,402 3,416 3,843 4,392 4,536 4,941 5,103 5,124 5,832 6,588 6,804 7,686 9,882 10,206 10,248 11,529 13,176 13,608 14,823 15,372 19,764 20,412 23,058 29,646 30,744 34,587 39,528 40,824 44,469 46,116 59,292 69,174 88,938 92,232 103,761 118,584 138,348 177,876 207,522 276,696 311,283 355,752 415,044 622,566 830,088 1,245,132 and 2,490,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,490,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,490,264, 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).