Q: Is 2,602,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,602,704 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 2,602,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 43 48 52 78 86 97 104 129 156 172 194 208 258 291 312 344 388 516 559 582 624 688 776 1,032 1,118 1,164 1,261 1,552 1,677 2,064 2,236 2,328 2,522 3,354 3,783 4,171 4,472 4,656 5,044 6,708 7,566 8,342 8,944 10,088 12,513 13,416 15,132 16,684 20,176 25,026 26,832 30,264 33,368 50,052 54,223 60,528 66,736 100,104 108,446 162,669 200,208 216,892 325,338 433,784 650,676 867,568 1,301,352 and 2,602,704, with no remainder.

Since 2,602,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,602,704, 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).