Q: Is 2,844,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,844,072 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 2,844,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 19 21 22 24 27 28 33 36 38 42 44 54 56 57 63 66 72 76 77 81 84 88 99 108 114 126 132 133 152 154 162 168 171 189 198 209 216 228 231 243 252 264 266 297 308 324 342 378 396 399 418 456 462 486 504 513 532 567 594 616 627 648 684 693 756 792 798 836 891 924 972 1,026 1,064 1,134 1,188 1,197 1,254 1,368 1,386 1,463 1,512 1,539 1,596 1,672 1,701 1,782 1,848 1,881 1,944 2,052 2,079 2,268 2,376 2,394 2,508 2,673 2,772 2,926 3,078 3,192 3,402 3,564 3,591 3,762 4,104 4,158 4,389 4,536 4,617 4,788 5,016 5,346 5,544 5,643 5,852 6,156 6,237 6,804 7,128 7,182 7,524 8,316 8,778 9,234 9,576 10,692 10,773 11,286 11,704 12,312 12,474 13,167 13,608 14,364 15,048 16,632 16,929 17,556 18,468 18,711 21,384 21,546 22,572 24,948 26,334 28,728 32,319 33,858 35,112 36,936 37,422 39,501 43,092 45,144 49,896 50,787 52,668 64,638 67,716 74,844 79,002 86,184 101,574 105,336 118,503 129,276 135,432 149,688 158,004 203,148 237,006 258,552 316,008 355,509 406,296 474,012 711,018 948,024 1,422,036 and 2,844,072, with no remainder.

Since 2,844,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,844,072, 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).