Q: Is 2,739,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,739,456 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 2,739,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 41 48 58 64 72 82 87 96 116 123 128 144 164 174 192 232 246 256 261 288 328 348 369 384 464 492 522 576 656 696 738 768 928 984 1,044 1,152 1,189 1,312 1,392 1,476 1,856 1,968 2,088 2,304 2,378 2,624 2,784 2,952 3,567 3,712 3,936 4,176 4,756 5,248 5,568 5,904 7,134 7,424 7,872 8,352 9,512 10,496 10,701 11,136 11,808 14,268 15,744 16,704 19,024 21,402 22,272 23,616 28,536 31,488 33,408 38,048 42,804 47,232 57,072 66,816 76,096 85,608 94,464 114,144 152,192 171,216 228,288 304,384 342,432 456,576 684,864 913,152 1,369,728 and 2,739,456, with no remainder.

Since 2,739,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,739,456, 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).