Q: Is 2,809,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,809,488 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 2,809,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 176 187 204 264 272 313 374 408 528 561 626 748 816 939 1,122 1,252 1,496 1,878 2,244 2,504 2,992 3,443 3,756 4,488 5,008 5,321 6,886 7,512 8,976 10,329 10,642 13,772 15,024 15,963 20,658 21,284 27,544 31,926 41,316 42,568 55,088 58,531 63,852 82,632 85,136 117,062 127,704 165,264 175,593 234,124 255,408 351,186 468,248 702,372 936,496 1,404,744 and 2,809,488, with no remainder.

Since 2,809,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,809,488, 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).