Q: Is 2,767,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,767,336 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 2,767,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 22 26 41 44 52 59 82 88 104 118 143 164 236 286 328 451 472 533 572 649 767 902 1,066 1,144 1,298 1,534 1,804 2,132 2,419 2,596 3,068 3,608 4,264 4,838 5,192 5,863 6,136 8,437 9,676 11,726 16,874 19,352 23,452 26,609 31,447 33,748 46,904 53,218 62,894 67,496 106,436 125,788 212,872 251,576 345,917 691,834 1,383,668 and 2,767,336, with no remainder.

Since 2,767,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,767,336, 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).