Q: Is 2,817,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,817,738 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 2,817,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 19 21 22 33 38 42 57 63 66 77 99 107 114 126 133 154 171 198 209 214 231 266 321 342 399 418 462 627 642 693 749 798 963 1,177 1,197 1,254 1,386 1,463 1,498 1,881 1,926 2,033 2,247 2,354 2,394 2,926 3,531 3,762 4,066 4,389 4,494 6,099 6,741 7,062 8,239 8,778 10,593 12,198 13,167 13,482 14,231 16,478 18,297 21,186 22,363 24,717 26,334 28,462 36,594 42,693 44,726 49,434 67,089 74,151 85,386 128,079 134,178 148,302 156,541 201,267 256,158 313,082 402,534 469,623 939,246 1,408,869 and 2,817,738, with no remainder.

Since 2,817,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,817,738, 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).