Q: Is 2,729,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,729,496 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 2,729,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 49 56 66 77 84 88 98 132 147 154 168 196 211 231 264 294 308 392 422 462 539 588 616 633 844 924 1,078 1,176 1,266 1,477 1,617 1,688 1,848 2,156 2,321 2,532 2,954 3,234 4,312 4,431 4,642 5,064 5,908 6,468 6,963 8,862 9,284 10,339 11,816 12,936 13,926 16,247 17,724 18,568 20,678 27,852 31,017 32,494 35,448 41,356 48,741 55,704 62,034 64,988 82,712 97,482 113,729 124,068 129,976 194,964 227,458 248,136 341,187 389,928 454,916 682,374 909,832 1,364,748 and 2,729,496, with no remainder.

Since 2,729,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,729,496, 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).