Q: Is 2,753,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,753,352 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 2,753,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 126 162 168 189 216 252 324 378 504 567 607 648 756 1,134 1,214 1,512 1,821 2,268 2,428 3,642 4,249 4,536 4,856 5,463 7,284 8,498 10,926 12,747 14,568 16,389 16,996 21,852 25,494 32,778 33,992 38,241 43,704 49,167 50,988 65,556 76,482 98,334 101,976 114,723 131,112 152,964 196,668 229,446 305,928 344,169 393,336 458,892 688,338 917,784 1,376,676 and 2,753,352, with no remainder.

Since 2,753,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,753,352, 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).