Q: Is 2,742,544 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 2,742,544 is a composite number.

Why is 2,742,544 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 2,742,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 47 56 94 112 188 329 376 521 658 752 1,042 1,316 2,084 2,632 3,647 4,168 5,264 7,294 8,336 14,588 24,487 29,176 48,974 58,352 97,948 171,409 195,896 342,818 391,792 685,636 1,371,272 and 2,742,544, with no remainder.

Since 2,742,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,742,544, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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