Q: Is 2,754,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,754,216 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 2,754,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 41 54 72 82 108 123 164 216 246 311 328 369 492 622 738 933 984 1,107 1,244 1,476 1,866 2,214 2,488 2,799 2,952 3,732 4,428 5,598 7,464 8,397 8,856 11,196 12,751 16,794 22,392 25,502 33,588 38,253 51,004 67,176 76,506 102,008 114,759 153,012 229,518 306,024 344,277 459,036 688,554 918,072 1,377,108 and 2,754,216, with no remainder.

Since 2,754,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,754,216, 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).