Q: Is 2,689,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,689,008 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 2,689,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 53 56 84 106 112 151 159 168 212 302 318 336 371 424 453 604 636 742 848 906 1,057 1,113 1,208 1,272 1,484 1,812 2,114 2,226 2,416 2,544 2,968 3,171 3,624 4,228 4,452 5,936 6,342 7,248 8,003 8,456 8,904 12,684 16,006 16,912 17,808 24,009 25,368 32,012 48,018 50,736 56,021 64,024 96,036 112,042 128,048 168,063 192,072 224,084 336,126 384,144 448,168 672,252 896,336 1,344,504 and 2,689,008, with no remainder.

Since 2,689,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,689,008, 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).