Q: Is 2,703,636 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,703,636 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 2,703,636 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 53 78 106 109 117 156 159 212 218 234 318 327 436 468 477 636 654 689 954 981 1,308 1,378 1,417 1,908 1,962 2,067 2,756 2,834 3,924 4,134 4,251 5,668 5,777 6,201 8,268 8,502 11,554 12,402 12,753 17,004 17,331 23,108 24,804 25,506 34,662 51,012 51,993 69,324 75,101 103,986 150,202 207,972 225,303 300,404 450,606 675,909 901,212 1,351,818 and 2,703,636, with no remainder.

Since 2,703,636 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,703,636, 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).