Q: Is 2,541,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,541,024 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 2,541,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 96 102 108 136 144 153 173 204 216 272 288 306 346 408 432 459 519 544 612 692 816 864 918 1,038 1,224 1,384 1,557 1,632 1,836 2,076 2,448 2,768 2,941 3,114 3,672 4,152 4,671 4,896 5,536 5,882 6,228 7,344 8,304 8,823 9,342 11,764 12,456 14,688 16,608 17,646 18,684 23,528 24,912 26,469 35,292 37,368 47,056 49,824 52,938 70,584 74,736 79,407 94,112 105,876 141,168 149,472 158,814 211,752 282,336 317,628 423,504 635,256 847,008 1,270,512 and 2,541,024, with no remainder.

Since 2,541,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,541,024, 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).