Q: Is 2,587,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,587,248 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 2,587,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 53 54 72 106 108 113 144 159 212 216 226 318 339 424 432 452 477 636 678 848 904 954 1,017 1,272 1,356 1,431 1,808 1,908 2,034 2,544 2,712 2,862 3,051 3,816 4,068 5,424 5,724 5,989 6,102 7,632 8,136 11,448 11,978 12,204 16,272 17,967 22,896 23,956 24,408 35,934 47,912 48,816 53,901 71,868 95,824 107,802 143,736 161,703 215,604 287,472 323,406 431,208 646,812 862,416 1,293,624 and 2,587,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,587,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,587,248, 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).