Q: Is 2,639,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,639,736 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 2,639,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 88 99 101 108 121 132 198 202 216 242 264 297 303 363 396 404 484 594 606 726 792 808 909 968 1,089 1,111 1,188 1,212 1,452 1,818 2,178 2,222 2,376 2,424 2,727 2,904 3,267 3,333 3,636 4,356 4,444 5,454 6,534 6,666 7,272 8,712 8,888 9,999 10,908 12,221 13,068 13,332 19,998 21,816 24,442 26,136 26,664 29,997 36,663 39,996 48,884 59,994 73,326 79,992 97,768 109,989 119,988 146,652 219,978 239,976 293,304 329,967 439,956 659,934 879,912 1,319,868 and 2,639,736, with no remainder.

Since 2,639,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,639,736, 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).