Q: Is 2,697,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,697,696 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 2,697,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 19 24 29 32 34 36 38 48 51 57 58 68 72 76 87 96 102 114 116 136 144 152 153 171 174 204 228 232 261 272 288 304 306 323 342 348 408 456 464 493 522 544 551 608 612 646 684 696 816 912 928 969 986 1,044 1,102 1,224 1,292 1,368 1,392 1,479 1,632 1,653 1,824 1,938 1,972 2,088 2,204 2,448 2,584 2,736 2,784 2,907 2,958 3,306 3,876 3,944 4,176 4,408 4,437 4,896 4,959 5,168 5,472 5,814 5,916 6,612 7,752 7,888 8,352 8,816 8,874 9,367 9,918 10,336 11,628 11,832 13,224 15,504 15,776 17,632 17,748 18,734 19,836 23,256 23,664 26,448 28,101 31,008 35,496 37,468 39,672 46,512 47,328 52,896 56,202 70,992 74,936 79,344 84,303 93,024 112,404 141,984 149,872 158,688 168,606 224,808 299,744 337,212 449,616 674,424 899,232 1,348,848 and 2,697,696, with no remainder.

Since 2,697,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,697,696, 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).