Q: Is 2,542,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,542,536 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 2,542,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 79 108 149 158 216 237 298 316 447 474 596 632 711 894 948 1,192 1,341 1,422 1,788 1,896 2,133 2,682 2,844 3,576 4,023 4,266 5,364 5,688 8,046 8,532 10,728 11,771 16,092 17,064 23,542 32,184 35,313 47,084 70,626 94,168 105,939 141,252 211,878 282,504 317,817 423,756 635,634 847,512 1,271,268 and 2,542,536, with no remainder.

Since 2,542,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,542,536, 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).