Q: Is 2,733,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,733,552 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 2,733,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 41 48 72 82 123 144 164 246 328 369 463 492 656 738 926 984 1,389 1,476 1,852 1,968 2,778 2,952 3,704 4,167 5,556 5,904 7,408 8,334 11,112 16,668 18,983 22,224 33,336 37,966 56,949 66,672 75,932 113,898 151,864 170,847 227,796 303,728 341,694 455,592 683,388 911,184 1,366,776 and 2,733,552, with no remainder.

Since 2,733,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,733,552, 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).