Q: Is 2,671,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,671,248 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 2,671,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 29 38 48 57 58 76 87 101 114 116 152 174 202 228 232 303 304 348 404 456 464 551 606 696 808 912 1,102 1,212 1,392 1,616 1,653 1,919 2,204 2,424 2,929 3,306 3,838 4,408 4,848 5,757 5,858 6,612 7,676 8,787 8,816 11,514 11,716 13,224 15,352 17,574 23,028 23,432 26,448 30,704 35,148 46,056 46,864 55,651 70,296 92,112 111,302 140,592 166,953 222,604 333,906 445,208 667,812 890,416 1,335,624 and 2,671,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,671,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,671,248, 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).