Q: Is 2,722,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,722,896 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 2,722,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 144 162 176 191 198 216 264 297 324 382 396 432 528 573 594 648 764 792 891 1,146 1,188 1,296 1,528 1,584 1,719 1,782 2,101 2,292 2,376 3,056 3,438 3,564 4,202 4,584 4,752 5,157 6,303 6,876 7,128 8,404 9,168 10,314 12,606 13,752 14,256 15,471 16,808 18,909 20,628 25,212 27,504 30,942 33,616 37,818 41,256 50,424 56,727 61,884 75,636 82,512 100,848 113,454 123,768 151,272 170,181 226,908 247,536 302,544 340,362 453,816 680,724 907,632 1,361,448 and 2,722,896, with no remainder.

Since 2,722,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,722,896, 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).