Q: Is 2,700,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,700,936 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 2,700,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 28 36 42 46 56 63 69 72 84 92 126 138 161 168 184 207 233 252 276 322 414 466 483 504 552 644 699 828 932 966 1,288 1,398 1,449 1,631 1,656 1,864 1,932 2,097 2,796 2,898 3,262 3,864 4,194 4,893 5,359 5,592 5,796 6,524 8,388 9,786 10,718 11,592 13,048 14,679 16,077 16,776 19,572 21,436 29,358 32,154 37,513 39,144 42,872 48,231 58,716 64,308 75,026 96,462 112,539 117,432 128,616 150,052 192,924 225,078 300,104 337,617 385,848 450,156 675,234 900,312 1,350,468 and 2,700,936, with no remainder.

Since 2,700,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,700,936, 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).