Q: Is 2,637,414 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,637,414 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 2,637,414 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 27 34 39 51 54 78 102 117 153 169 221 234 289 306 338 351 442 459 507 578 663 702 867 918 1,014 1,326 1,521 1,734 1,989 2,601 2,873 3,042 3,757 3,978 4,563 5,202 5,746 5,967 7,514 7,803 8,619 9,126 11,271 11,934 15,606 17,238 22,542 25,857 33,813 48,841 51,714 67,626 77,571 97,682 101,439 146,523 155,142 202,878 293,046 439,569 879,138 1,318,707 and 2,637,414, with no remainder.

Since 2,637,414 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,637,414, 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).