Q: Is 2,542,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,542,248 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 2,542,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 31 34 36 51 62 67 68 72 93 102 124 134 136 153 186 201 204 248 268 279 306 372 402 408 527 536 558 603 612 744 804 1,054 1,116 1,139 1,206 1,224 1,581 1,608 2,077 2,108 2,232 2,278 2,412 3,162 3,417 4,154 4,216 4,556 4,743 4,824 6,231 6,324 6,834 8,308 9,112 9,486 10,251 12,462 12,648 13,668 16,616 18,693 18,972 20,502 24,924 27,336 35,309 37,386 37,944 41,004 49,848 70,618 74,772 82,008 105,927 141,236 149,544 211,854 282,472 317,781 423,708 635,562 847,416 1,271,124 and 2,542,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,542,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,542,248, 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).