Q: Is 2,617,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,617,032 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 2,617,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 23 24 33 44 46 66 69 88 92 132 138 184 253 264 276 431 506 552 759 862 1,012 1,293 1,518 1,724 2,024 2,586 3,036 3,448 4,741 5,172 6,072 9,482 9,913 10,344 14,223 18,964 19,826 28,446 29,739 37,928 39,652 56,892 59,478 79,304 109,043 113,784 118,956 218,086 237,912 327,129 436,172 654,258 872,344 1,308,516 and 2,617,032, with no remainder.

Since 2,617,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,617,032, 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).