Q: Is 2,549,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,549,088 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 2,549,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 53 72 96 106 144 159 167 212 288 318 334 424 477 501 636 668 848 954 1,002 1,272 1,336 1,503 1,696 1,908 2,004 2,544 2,672 3,006 3,816 4,008 5,088 5,344 6,012 7,632 8,016 8,851 12,024 15,264 16,032 17,702 24,048 26,553 35,404 48,096 53,106 70,808 79,659 106,212 141,616 159,318 212,424 283,232 318,636 424,848 637,272 849,696 1,274,544 and 2,549,088, with no remainder.

Since 2,549,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,549,088, 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).