Q: Is 2,713,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,713,872 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 2,713,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 41 42 48 56 82 84 112 123 164 168 197 246 287 328 336 394 492 574 591 656 788 861 984 1,148 1,182 1,379 1,576 1,722 1,968 2,296 2,364 2,758 3,152 3,444 4,137 4,592 4,728 5,516 6,888 8,077 8,274 9,456 11,032 13,776 16,154 16,548 22,064 24,231 32,308 33,096 48,462 56,539 64,616 66,192 96,924 113,078 129,232 169,617 193,848 226,156 339,234 387,696 452,312 678,468 904,624 1,356,936 and 2,713,872, with no remainder.

Since 2,713,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,713,872, 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).