Q: Is 2,497,068 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,497,068 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 2,497,068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 243 252 324 367 378 486 567 734 756 972 1,101 1,134 1,468 1,701 2,202 2,268 2,569 3,303 3,402 4,404 5,138 6,606 6,804 7,707 9,909 10,276 13,212 15,414 19,818 23,121 29,727 30,828 39,636 46,242 59,454 69,363 89,181 92,484 118,908 138,726 178,362 208,089 277,452 356,724 416,178 624,267 832,356 1,248,534 and 2,497,068, with no remainder.

Since 2,497,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,497,068, 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).