Q: Is 2,762,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,762,136 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 2,762,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 169 227 234 312 338 454 468 507 676 681 908 936 1,014 1,352 1,362 1,521 1,816 2,028 2,043 2,724 2,951 3,042 4,056 4,086 5,448 5,902 6,084 8,172 8,853 11,804 12,168 16,344 17,706 23,608 26,559 35,412 38,363 53,118 70,824 76,726 106,236 115,089 153,452 212,472 230,178 306,904 345,267 460,356 690,534 920,712 1,381,068 and 2,762,136, with no remainder.

Since 2,762,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,762,136, 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).