Q: Is 2,509,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,509,824 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 2,509,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 43 48 57 64 76 86 96 114 128 129 152 172 192 228 256 258 304 344 384 456 512 516 608 688 768 817 912 1,024 1,032 1,216 1,376 1,536 1,634 1,824 2,064 2,432 2,451 2,752 3,072 3,268 3,648 4,128 4,864 4,902 5,504 6,536 7,296 8,256 9,728 9,804 11,008 13,072 14,592 16,512 19,456 19,608 22,016 26,144 29,184 33,024 39,216 44,032 52,288 58,368 66,048 78,432 104,576 132,096 156,864 209,152 313,728 418,304 627,456 836,608 1,254,912 and 2,509,824, with no remainder.

Since 2,509,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,509,824, 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).