Q: Is 2,710,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,710,176 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 2,710,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 37 42 48 56 74 84 96 109 111 112 148 168 218 222 224 259 296 327 336 436 444 518 592 654 672 763 777 872 888 1,036 1,184 1,308 1,526 1,554 1,744 1,776 2,072 2,289 2,616 3,052 3,108 3,488 3,552 4,033 4,144 4,578 5,232 6,104 6,216 8,066 8,288 9,156 10,464 12,099 12,208 12,432 16,132 18,312 24,198 24,416 24,864 28,231 32,264 36,624 48,396 56,462 64,528 73,248 84,693 96,792 112,924 129,056 169,386 193,584 225,848 338,772 387,168 451,696 677,544 903,392 1,355,088 and 2,710,176, with no remainder.

Since 2,710,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,710,176, 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).