Q: Is 2,740,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,740,128 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 2,740,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 32 34 46 48 51 68 69 73 92 96 102 136 138 146 184 204 219 272 276 292 368 391 408 438 544 552 584 736 782 816 876 1,104 1,168 1,173 1,241 1,564 1,632 1,679 1,752 2,208 2,336 2,346 2,482 3,128 3,358 3,504 3,723 4,692 4,964 5,037 6,256 6,716 7,008 7,446 9,384 9,928 10,074 12,512 13,432 14,892 18,768 19,856 20,148 26,864 28,543 29,784 37,536 39,712 40,296 53,728 57,086 59,568 80,592 85,629 114,172 119,136 161,184 171,258 228,344 342,516 456,688 685,032 913,376 1,370,064 and 2,740,128, with no remainder.

Since 2,740,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,740,128, 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).