Q: Is 2,740,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,740,752 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 2,740,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 504 1,008 2,719 5,438 8,157 10,876 16,314 19,033 21,752 24,471 32,628 38,066 43,504 48,942 57,099 65,256 76,132 97,884 114,198 130,512 152,264 171,297 195,768 228,396 304,528 342,594 391,536 456,792 685,188 913,584 1,370,376 and 2,740,752, with no remainder.

Since 2,740,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,740,752, 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).