Q: Is 2,727,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,727,864 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 2,727,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 73 108 146 173 216 219 292 346 438 519 584 657 692 876 1,038 1,314 1,384 1,557 1,752 1,971 2,076 2,628 3,114 3,942 4,152 4,671 5,256 6,228 7,884 9,342 12,456 12,629 15,768 18,684 25,258 37,368 37,887 50,516 75,774 101,032 113,661 151,548 227,322 303,096 340,983 454,644 681,966 909,288 1,363,932 and 2,727,864, with no remainder.

Since 2,727,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,727,864, 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).