Q: Is 2,860,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,860,104 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 2,860,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 89 103 104 156 178 206 267 309 312 356 412 534 618 712 824 1,068 1,157 1,236 1,339 2,136 2,314 2,472 2,678 3,471 4,017 4,628 5,356 6,942 8,034 9,167 9,256 10,712 13,884 16,068 18,334 27,501 27,768 32,136 36,668 55,002 73,336 110,004 119,171 220,008 238,342 357,513 476,684 715,026 953,368 1,430,052 and 2,860,104, with no remainder.

Since 2,860,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,860,104, 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).