Q: Is 2,589,642 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,589,642 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 2,589,642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 29 33 41 58 66 82 87 99 121 123 174 198 242 246 261 319 363 369 451 522 638 726 738 902 957 1,089 1,189 1,353 1,914 2,178 2,378 2,706 2,871 3,509 3,567 4,059 4,961 5,742 7,018 7,134 8,118 9,922 10,527 10,701 13,079 14,883 21,054 21,402 26,158 29,766 31,581 39,237 44,649 63,162 78,474 89,298 117,711 143,869 235,422 287,738 431,607 863,214 1,294,821 and 2,589,642, with no remainder.

Since 2,589,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,589,642, 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).