Q: Is 2,738,934 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,738,934 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 2,738,934 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 29 33 53 54 58 66 81 87 99 106 159 162 174 198 261 297 318 319 477 522 583 594 638 783 891 954 957 1,166 1,431 1,537 1,566 1,749 1,782 1,914 2,349 2,862 2,871 3,074 3,498 4,293 4,611 4,698 5,247 5,742 8,586 8,613 9,222 10,494 13,833 15,741 16,907 17,226 25,839 27,666 31,482 33,814 41,499 47,223 50,721 51,678 82,998 94,446 101,442 124,497 152,163 248,994 304,326 456,489 912,978 1,369,467 and 2,738,934, with no remainder.

Since 2,738,934 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,738,934, 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).