Q: Is 2,824,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,824,224 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 2,824,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 31 32 39 48 52 62 73 78 93 96 104 124 146 156 186 208 219 248 292 312 372 403 416 438 496 584 624 744 806 876 949 992 1,168 1,209 1,248 1,488 1,612 1,752 1,898 2,263 2,336 2,418 2,847 2,976 3,224 3,504 3,796 4,526 4,836 5,694 6,448 6,789 7,008 7,592 9,052 9,672 11,388 12,896 13,578 15,184 18,104 19,344 22,776 27,156 29,419 30,368 36,208 38,688 45,552 54,312 58,838 72,416 88,257 91,104 108,624 117,676 176,514 217,248 235,352 353,028 470,704 706,056 941,408 1,412,112 and 2,824,224, with no remainder.

Since 2,824,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,824,224, 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).