Q: Is 2,831,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,831,472 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 2,831,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 53 56 63 72 84 106 112 126 144 159 168 212 252 318 336 371 424 477 504 636 742 848 954 1,008 1,113 1,272 1,484 1,908 2,226 2,544 2,809 2,968 3,339 3,816 4,452 5,618 5,936 6,678 7,632 8,427 8,904 11,236 13,356 16,854 17,808 19,663 22,472 25,281 26,712 33,708 39,326 44,944 50,562 53,424 58,989 67,416 78,652 101,124 117,978 134,832 157,304 176,967 202,248 235,956 314,608 353,934 404,496 471,912 707,868 943,824 1,415,736 and 2,831,472, with no remainder.

Since 2,831,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,831,472, 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).