Q: Is 2,549,484 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,549,484 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 2,549,484 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 67 84 126 134 151 201 252 268 302 402 453 469 603 604 804 906 938 1,057 1,206 1,359 1,407 1,812 1,876 2,114 2,412 2,718 2,814 3,171 4,221 4,228 5,436 5,628 6,342 8,442 9,513 10,117 12,684 16,884 19,026 20,234 30,351 38,052 40,468 60,702 70,819 91,053 121,404 141,638 182,106 212,457 283,276 364,212 424,914 637,371 849,828 1,274,742 and 2,549,484, with no remainder.

Since 2,549,484 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,549,484, 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).