Q: Is 2,625,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,625,312 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 2,625,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 29 32 41 46 48 58 69 82 87 92 96 116 123 138 164 174 184 232 246 276 328 348 368 464 492 552 656 667 696 736 928 943 984 1,104 1,189 1,312 1,334 1,392 1,886 1,968 2,001 2,208 2,378 2,668 2,784 2,829 3,567 3,772 3,936 4,002 4,756 5,336 5,658 7,134 7,544 8,004 9,512 10,672 11,316 14,268 15,088 16,008 19,024 21,344 22,632 27,347 28,536 30,176 32,016 38,048 45,264 54,694 57,072 64,032 82,041 90,528 109,388 114,144 164,082 218,776 328,164 437,552 656,328 875,104 1,312,656 and 2,625,312, with no remainder.

Since 2,625,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,625,312, 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).