Q: Is 2,756,985 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,756,985 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 2,756,985 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 11 15 21 31 33 35 49 55 77 93 105 121 147 155 165 217 231 245 341 363 385 465 539 605 651 735 847 1,023 1,085 1,155 1,519 1,617 1,705 1,815 2,387 2,541 2,695 3,255 3,751 4,235 4,557 5,115 5,929 7,161 7,595 8,085 11,253 11,935 12,705 16,709 17,787 18,755 22,785 26,257 29,645 35,805 50,127 56,265 78,771 83,545 88,935 131,285 183,799 250,635 393,855 551,397 918,995 and 2,756,985, with no remainder.

Since 2,756,985 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,756,985, 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).