Q: Is 2,689,764 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,689,764 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 2,689,764 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 41 42 44 66 71 77 82 84 123 132 142 154 164 213 231 246 284 287 308 426 451 462 492 497 574 781 852 861 902 924 994 1,148 1,353 1,491 1,562 1,722 1,804 1,988 2,343 2,706 2,911 2,982 3,124 3,157 3,444 4,686 5,412 5,467 5,822 5,964 6,314 8,733 9,372 9,471 10,934 11,644 12,628 16,401 17,466 18,942 20,377 21,868 32,021 32,802 34,932 37,884 40,754 61,131 64,042 65,604 81,508 96,063 122,262 128,084 192,126 224,147 244,524 384,252 448,294 672,441 896,588 1,344,882 and 2,689,764, with no remainder.

Since 2,689,764 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,689,764, 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).