Q: Is 2,502,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,502,144 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 2,502,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 181 192 216 256 288 362 384 432 512 543 576 724 768 864 1,086 1,152 1,448 1,536 1,629 1,728 2,172 2,304 2,896 3,258 3,456 4,344 4,608 4,887 5,792 6,516 6,912 8,688 9,774 11,584 13,032 13,824 17,376 19,548 23,168 26,064 34,752 39,096 46,336 52,128 69,504 78,192 92,672 104,256 139,008 156,384 208,512 278,016 312,768 417,024 625,536 834,048 1,251,072 and 2,502,144, with no remainder.

Since 2,502,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,502,144, 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).