Q: Is 2,506,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,506,464 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 2,506,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 864 967 1,296 1,934 2,592 2,901 3,868 5,802 7,736 8,703 11,604 15,472 17,406 23,208 26,109 30,944 34,812 46,416 52,218 69,624 78,327 92,832 104,436 139,248 156,654 208,872 278,496 313,308 417,744 626,616 835,488 1,253,232 and 2,506,464, with no remainder.

Since 2,506,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,506,464, 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).