Q: Is 2,677,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,677,584 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 2,677,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 613 624 728 1,092 1,226 1,456 1,839 2,184 2,452 3,678 4,291 4,368 4,904 7,356 7,969 8,582 9,808 12,873 14,712 15,938 17,164 23,907 25,746 29,424 31,876 34,328 47,814 51,492 55,783 63,752 68,656 95,628 102,984 111,566 127,504 167,349 191,256 205,968 223,132 334,698 382,512 446,264 669,396 892,528 1,338,792 and 2,677,584, with no remainder.

Since 2,677,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,677,584, 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).