Q: Is 2,749,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,749,376 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 2,749,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 19 28 32 34 38 56 64 68 76 112 119 133 136 152 224 238 266 272 304 323 361 448 476 532 544 608 646 722 952 1,064 1,088 1,216 1,292 1,444 1,904 2,128 2,261 2,527 2,584 2,888 3,808 4,256 4,522 5,054 5,168 5,776 6,137 7,616 8,512 9,044 10,108 10,336 11,552 12,274 18,088 20,216 20,672 23,104 24,548 36,176 40,432 42,959 49,096 72,352 80,864 85,918 98,192 144,704 161,728 171,836 196,384 343,672 392,768 687,344 1,374,688 and 2,749,376, with no remainder.

Since 2,749,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,749,376, 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).