Q: Is 2,637,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,637,504 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 2,637,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 192 228 241 288 304 342 456 482 576 608 684 723 912 964 1,216 1,368 1,446 1,824 1,928 2,169 2,736 2,892 3,648 3,856 4,338 4,579 5,472 5,784 7,712 8,676 9,158 10,944 11,568 13,737 15,424 17,352 18,316 23,136 27,474 34,704 36,632 41,211 46,272 54,948 69,408 73,264 82,422 109,896 138,816 146,528 164,844 219,792 293,056 329,688 439,584 659,376 879,168 1,318,752 and 2,637,504, with no remainder.

Since 2,637,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,637,504, 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).