Q: Is 2,676,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,676,888 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 2,676,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 204 216 243 306 324 408 459 486 612 648 729 918 972 1,224 1,377 1,458 1,836 1,944 2,187 2,754 2,916 3,672 4,131 4,374 5,508 5,832 6,561 8,262 8,748 11,016 12,393 13,122 16,524 17,496 19,683 24,786 26,244 33,048 37,179 39,366 49,572 52,488 74,358 78,732 99,144 111,537 148,716 157,464 223,074 297,432 334,611 446,148 669,222 892,296 1,338,444 and 2,676,888, with no remainder.

Since 2,676,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,676,888, 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).