Q: Is 2,829,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,829,736 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 2,829,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 23 26 28 46 52 56 91 92 104 161 169 182 184 299 322 338 364 598 644 676 728 1,183 1,196 1,288 1,352 2,093 2,197 2,366 2,392 3,887 4,186 4,394 4,732 7,774 8,372 8,788 9,464 15,379 15,548 16,744 17,576 27,209 30,758 31,096 50,531 54,418 61,516 101,062 108,836 123,032 202,124 217,672 353,717 404,248 707,434 1,414,868 and 2,829,736, with no remainder.

Since 2,829,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,829,736, 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).