Q: Is 2,695,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,695,728 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 2,695,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 71 84 112 113 142 168 213 226 284 336 339 426 452 497 568 678 791 852 904 994 1,136 1,356 1,491 1,582 1,704 1,808 1,988 2,373 2,712 2,982 3,164 3,408 3,976 4,746 5,424 5,964 6,328 7,952 8,023 9,492 11,928 12,656 16,046 18,984 23,856 24,069 32,092 37,968 48,138 56,161 64,184 96,276 112,322 128,368 168,483 192,552 224,644 336,966 385,104 449,288 673,932 898,576 1,347,864 and 2,695,728, with no remainder.

Since 2,695,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,695,728, 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).