Q: Is 2,759,508 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,759,508 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 2,759,508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 68 81 102 108 153 162 167 204 243 306 324 334 459 486 501 612 668 918 972 1,002 1,377 1,503 1,836 2,004 2,754 2,839 3,006 4,131 4,509 5,508 5,678 6,012 8,262 8,517 9,018 11,356 13,527 16,524 17,034 18,036 25,551 27,054 34,068 40,581 51,102 54,108 76,653 81,162 102,204 153,306 162,324 229,959 306,612 459,918 689,877 919,836 1,379,754 and 2,759,508, with no remainder.

Since 2,759,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,759,508, 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).