Q: Is 2,725,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,725,272 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 2,725,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 31 33 36 37 44 54 62 66 72 74 88 93 99 108 111 124 132 148 186 198 216 222 248 264 279 296 297 333 341 372 396 407 444 558 594 666 682 744 792 814 837 888 999 1,023 1,116 1,147 1,188 1,221 1,332 1,364 1,628 1,674 1,998 2,046 2,232 2,294 2,376 2,442 2,664 2,728 3,069 3,256 3,348 3,441 3,663 3,996 4,092 4,588 4,884 6,138 6,696 6,882 7,326 7,992 8,184 9,176 9,207 9,768 10,323 10,989 12,276 12,617 13,764 14,652 18,414 20,646 21,978 24,552 25,234 27,528 29,304 30,969 36,828 37,851 41,292 43,956 50,468 61,938 73,656 75,702 82,584 87,912 100,936 113,553 123,876 151,404 227,106 247,752 302,808 340,659 454,212 681,318 908,424 1,362,636 and 2,725,272, with no remainder.

Since 2,725,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,725,272, 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).