Q: Is 2,743,188 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,743,188 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 2,743,188 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 51 68 84 102 113 119 204 226 238 289 339 357 452 476 578 678 714 791 867 1,156 1,356 1,428 1,582 1,734 1,921 2,023 2,373 3,164 3,468 3,842 4,046 4,746 5,763 6,069 7,684 8,092 9,492 11,526 12,138 13,447 23,052 24,276 26,894 32,657 40,341 53,788 65,314 80,682 97,971 130,628 161,364 195,942 228,599 391,884 457,198 685,797 914,396 1,371,594 and 2,743,188, with no remainder.

Since 2,743,188 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,743,188, 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).