Q: Is 2,629,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,629,296 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 2,629,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 31 36 38 48 57 62 72 76 93 114 124 144 152 171 186 228 248 279 304 342 372 456 496 558 589 684 744 912 961 1,116 1,178 1,368 1,488 1,767 1,922 2,232 2,356 2,736 2,883 3,534 3,844 4,464 4,712 5,301 5,766 7,068 7,688 8,649 9,424 10,602 11,532 14,136 15,376 17,298 18,259 21,204 23,064 28,272 34,596 36,518 42,408 46,128 54,777 69,192 73,036 84,816 109,554 138,384 146,072 164,331 219,108 292,144 328,662 438,216 657,324 876,432 1,314,648 and 2,629,296, with no remainder.

Since 2,629,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,629,296, 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).