Q: Is 2,773,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,773,848 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 2,773,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 19 21 22 24 28 33 38 42 44 56 57 66 76 77 79 84 88 114 132 133 152 154 158 168 209 228 231 237 264 266 308 316 399 418 456 462 474 532 553 616 627 632 798 836 869 924 948 1,064 1,106 1,254 1,463 1,501 1,596 1,659 1,672 1,738 1,848 1,896 2,212 2,508 2,607 2,926 3,002 3,192 3,318 3,476 4,389 4,424 4,503 5,016 5,214 5,852 6,004 6,083 6,636 6,952 8,778 9,006 10,428 10,507 11,704 12,008 12,166 13,272 16,511 17,556 18,012 18,249 20,856 21,014 24,332 31,521 33,022 35,112 36,024 36,498 42,028 48,664 49,533 63,042 66,044 72,996 84,056 99,066 115,577 126,084 132,088 145,992 198,132 231,154 252,168 346,731 396,264 462,308 693,462 924,616 1,386,924 and 2,773,848, with no remainder.

Since 2,773,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,773,848, 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).