Q: Is 2,746,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,746,016 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 2,746,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 23 26 28 32 41 46 52 56 82 91 92 104 112 161 164 182 184 208 224 287 299 322 328 364 368 416 533 574 598 644 656 728 736 943 1,066 1,148 1,196 1,288 1,312 1,456 1,886 2,093 2,132 2,296 2,392 2,576 2,912 3,731 3,772 4,186 4,264 4,592 4,784 5,152 6,601 7,462 7,544 8,372 8,528 9,184 9,568 12,259 13,202 14,924 15,088 16,744 17,056 24,518 26,404 29,848 30,176 33,488 49,036 52,808 59,696 66,976 85,813 98,072 105,616 119,392 171,626 196,144 211,232 343,252 392,288 686,504 1,373,008 and 2,746,016, with no remainder.

Since 2,746,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,746,016, 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).