Q: Is 2,698,956 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,698,956 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 2,698,956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 73 78 79 117 146 156 158 219 234 237 292 316 438 468 474 657 711 876 948 949 1,027 1,314 1,422 1,898 2,054 2,628 2,844 2,847 3,081 3,796 4,108 5,694 5,767 6,162 8,541 9,243 11,388 11,534 12,324 17,082 17,301 18,486 23,068 34,164 34,602 36,972 51,903 69,204 74,971 103,806 149,942 207,612 224,913 299,884 449,826 674,739 899,652 1,349,478 and 2,698,956, with no remainder.

Since 2,698,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,698,956, 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).