Q: Is 2,764,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,764,368 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 2,764,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 79 81 108 144 158 162 216 237 243 316 324 432 474 486 632 648 711 729 948 972 1,264 1,296 1,422 1,458 1,896 1,944 2,133 2,187 2,844 2,916 3,792 3,888 4,266 4,374 5,688 5,832 6,399 8,532 8,748 11,376 11,664 12,798 17,064 17,496 19,197 25,596 34,128 34,992 38,394 51,192 57,591 76,788 102,384 115,182 153,576 172,773 230,364 307,152 345,546 460,728 691,092 921,456 1,382,184 and 2,764,368, with no remainder.

Since 2,764,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,764,368, 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).