Q: Is 2,789,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,789,808 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 2,789,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 23 24 28 38 42 46 48 56 57 69 76 84 92 112 114 133 138 152 161 168 184 228 266 276 304 322 336 361 368 399 437 456 483 532 552 644 722 798 874 912 966 1,064 1,083 1,104 1,288 1,311 1,444 1,596 1,748 1,932 2,128 2,166 2,527 2,576 2,622 2,888 3,059 3,192 3,496 3,864 4,332 5,054 5,244 5,776 6,118 6,384 6,992 7,581 7,728 8,303 8,664 9,177 10,108 10,488 12,236 15,162 16,606 17,328 18,354 20,216 20,976 24,472 24,909 30,324 33,212 36,708 40,432 48,944 49,818 58,121 60,648 66,424 73,416 99,636 116,242 121,296 132,848 146,832 174,363 199,272 232,484 348,726 398,544 464,968 697,452 929,936 1,394,904 and 2,789,808, with no remainder.

Since 2,789,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,789,808, 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).