Q: Is 2,754,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,754,648 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 2,754,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 109 117 156 162 216 218 234 243 312 324 327 351 436 468 486 648 654 702 872 936 972 981 1,053 1,308 1,404 1,417 1,944 1,962 2,106 2,616 2,808 2,834 2,943 3,159 3,924 4,212 4,251 5,668 5,886 6,318 7,848 8,424 8,502 8,829 11,336 11,772 12,636 12,753 17,004 17,658 23,544 25,272 25,506 26,487 34,008 35,316 38,259 51,012 52,974 70,632 76,518 102,024 105,948 114,777 153,036 211,896 229,554 306,072 344,331 459,108 688,662 918,216 1,377,324 and 2,754,648, with no remainder.

Since 2,754,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,754,648, 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).