Q: Is 2,614,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,614,872 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 2,614,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 17 24 26 29 34 39 51 52 58 68 78 87 102 104 116 136 156 174 204 221 232 289 312 348 377 408 442 493 578 663 696 754 867 884 986 1,131 1,156 1,326 1,479 1,508 1,734 1,768 1,972 2,262 2,312 2,652 2,958 3,016 3,468 3,757 3,944 4,524 5,304 5,916 6,409 6,936 7,514 8,381 9,048 11,271 11,832 12,818 15,028 16,762 19,227 22,542 25,143 25,636 30,056 33,524 38,454 45,084 50,286 51,272 67,048 76,908 90,168 100,572 108,953 153,816 201,144 217,906 326,859 435,812 653,718 871,624 1,307,436 and 2,614,872, with no remainder.

Since 2,614,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,614,872, 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).