Q: Is 2,788,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,788,884 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 2,788,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 27 28 31 34 36 42 49 51 54 62 63 68 84 93 98 102 108 119 124 126 147 153 186 189 196 204 217 238 252 279 294 306 357 372 378 434 441 459 476 527 558 588 612 651 714 756 833 837 868 882 918 1,054 1,071 1,116 1,302 1,323 1,428 1,519 1,581 1,666 1,674 1,764 1,836 1,953 2,108 2,142 2,499 2,604 2,646 3,038 3,162 3,213 3,332 3,348 3,689 3,906 4,284 4,557 4,743 4,998 5,292 5,859 6,076 6,324 6,426 7,378 7,497 7,812 9,114 9,486 9,996 11,067 11,718 12,852 13,671 14,229 14,756 14,994 18,228 18,972 22,134 22,491 23,436 25,823 27,342 28,458 29,988 33,201 41,013 44,268 44,982 51,646 54,684 56,916 66,402 77,469 82,026 89,964 99,603 103,292 132,804 154,938 164,052 199,206 232,407 309,876 398,412 464,814 697,221 929,628 1,394,442 and 2,788,884, with no remainder.

Since 2,788,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,788,884, 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).