Q: Is 2,523,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,523,928 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 2,523,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 23 29 43 44 46 58 86 88 92 116 172 184 232 253 319 344 473 506 638 667 946 989 1,012 1,247 1,276 1,334 1,892 1,978 2,024 2,494 2,552 2,668 3,784 3,956 4,988 5,336 7,337 7,912 9,976 10,879 13,717 14,674 21,758 27,434 28,681 29,348 43,516 54,868 57,362 58,696 87,032 109,736 114,724 229,448 315,491 630,982 1,261,964 and 2,523,928, with no remainder.

Since 2,523,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,523,928, 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).