Q: Is 2,646,798 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,646,798 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 2,646,798 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 17 21 22 33 34 42 51 66 77 102 119 154 187 231 238 337 357 374 462 561 674 714 1,011 1,122 1,309 2,022 2,359 2,618 3,707 3,927 4,718 5,729 7,077 7,414 7,854 11,121 11,458 14,154 17,187 22,242 25,949 34,374 40,103 51,898 63,019 77,847 80,206 120,309 126,038 155,694 189,057 240,618 378,114 441,133 882,266 1,323,399 and 2,646,798, with no remainder.

Since 2,646,798 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,646,798, 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).