Q: Is 2,560,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,560,272 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 2,560,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 208 264 286 312 373 429 528 572 624 746 858 1,119 1,144 1,492 1,716 2,238 2,288 2,984 3,432 4,103 4,476 4,849 5,968 6,864 8,206 8,952 9,698 12,309 14,547 16,412 17,904 19,396 24,618 29,094 32,824 38,792 49,236 53,339 58,188 65,648 77,584 98,472 106,678 116,376 160,017 196,944 213,356 232,752 320,034 426,712 640,068 853,424 1,280,136 and 2,560,272, with no remainder.

Since 2,560,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,560,272, 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).