Q: Is 2,725,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,725,512 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 2,725,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 43 57 76 86 114 129 139 152 172 228 258 278 344 417 456 516 556 817 834 1,032 1,112 1,634 1,668 2,451 2,641 3,268 3,336 4,902 5,282 5,977 6,536 7,923 9,804 10,564 11,954 15,846 17,931 19,608 21,128 23,908 31,692 35,862 47,816 63,384 71,724 113,563 143,448 227,126 340,689 454,252 681,378 908,504 1,362,756 and 2,725,512, with no remainder.

Since 2,725,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,725,512, 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).