Q: Is 2,757,924 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,757,924 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 2,757,924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 71 78 83 117 142 156 166 213 234 249 284 332 426 468 498 639 747 852 923 996 1,079 1,278 1,494 1,846 2,158 2,556 2,769 2,988 3,237 3,692 4,316 5,538 5,893 6,474 8,307 9,711 11,076 11,786 12,948 16,614 17,679 19,422 23,572 33,228 35,358 38,844 53,037 70,716 76,609 106,074 153,218 212,148 229,827 306,436 459,654 689,481 919,308 1,378,962 and 2,757,924, with no remainder.

Since 2,757,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,757,924, 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).