Q: Is 2,598,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,598,264 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 2,598,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 92 108 138 184 207 216 276 414 523 552 621 828 1,046 1,242 1,569 1,656 2,092 2,484 3,138 4,184 4,707 4,968 6,276 9,414 12,029 12,552 14,121 18,828 24,058 28,242 36,087 37,656 48,116 56,484 72,174 96,232 108,261 112,968 144,348 216,522 288,696 324,783 433,044 649,566 866,088 1,299,132 and 2,598,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,598,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,598,264, 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).