Q: Is 2,654,964 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,654,964 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 2,654,964 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 31 36 39 52 54 61 62 78 93 108 117 122 124 156 183 186 234 244 279 351 366 372 403 468 549 558 702 732 793 806 837 1,098 1,116 1,209 1,404 1,586 1,612 1,647 1,674 1,891 2,196 2,379 2,418 3,172 3,294 3,348 3,627 3,782 4,758 4,836 5,673 6,588 7,137 7,254 7,564 9,516 10,881 11,346 14,274 14,508 17,019 21,411 21,762 22,692 24,583 28,548 34,038 42,822 43,524 49,166 51,057 68,076 73,749 85,644 98,332 102,114 147,498 204,228 221,247 294,996 442,494 663,741 884,988 1,327,482 and 2,654,964, with no remainder.

Since 2,654,964 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,654,964, 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).