Q: Is 2,787,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,787,048 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 2,787,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 17 18 22 23 24 27 33 34 36 44 46 51 54 66 68 69 72 81 88 92 99 102 108 132 136 138 153 162 184 187 198 204 207 216 253 264 276 297 306 324 374 391 396 408 414 459 506 552 561 594 612 621 648 748 759 782 792 828 891 918 1,012 1,122 1,173 1,188 1,224 1,242 1,377 1,496 1,518 1,564 1,656 1,683 1,782 1,836 1,863 2,024 2,244 2,277 2,346 2,376 2,484 2,754 3,036 3,128 3,366 3,519 3,564 3,672 3,726 4,301 4,488 4,554 4,692 4,968 5,049 5,508 6,072 6,732 6,831 7,038 7,128 7,452 8,602 9,108 9,384 10,098 10,557 11,016 12,903 13,464 13,662 14,076 14,904 15,147 17,204 18,216 20,196 20,493 21,114 25,806 27,324 28,152 30,294 31,671 34,408 38,709 40,392 40,986 42,228 51,612 54,648 60,588 63,342 77,418 81,972 84,456 103,224 116,127 121,176 126,684 154,836 163,944 232,254 253,368 309,672 348,381 464,508 696,762 929,016 1,393,524 and 2,787,048, with no remainder.

Since 2,787,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,787,048, 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).