Q: Is 2,625,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,625,948 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 2,625,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 31 36 39 52 62 78 93 117 124 156 181 186 234 279 362 372 403 468 543 558 724 806 1,086 1,116 1,209 1,612 1,629 2,172 2,353 2,418 3,258 3,627 4,706 4,836 5,611 6,516 7,059 7,254 9,412 11,222 14,118 14,508 16,833 21,177 22,444 28,236 33,666 42,354 50,499 67,332 72,943 84,708 100,998 145,886 201,996 218,829 291,772 437,658 656,487 875,316 1,312,974 and 2,625,948, with no remainder.

Since 2,625,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,625,948, 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).