Q: Is 2,694,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,694,432 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 2,694,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 17 24 26 32 34 39 48 51 52 68 78 96 102 104 127 136 156 204 208 221 254 272 312 381 408 416 442 508 544 624 663 762 816 884 1,016 1,248 1,326 1,524 1,632 1,651 1,768 2,032 2,159 2,652 3,048 3,302 3,536 4,064 4,318 4,953 5,304 6,096 6,477 6,604 7,072 8,636 9,906 10,608 12,192 12,954 13,208 17,272 19,812 21,216 25,908 26,416 28,067 34,544 39,624 51,816 52,832 56,134 69,088 79,248 84,201 103,632 112,268 158,496 168,402 207,264 224,536 336,804 449,072 673,608 898,144 1,347,216 and 2,694,432, with no remainder.

Since 2,694,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,694,432, 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).