Q: Is 2,867,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,867,904 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 2,867,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 192 208 234 288 312 383 416 468 576 624 766 832 936 1,149 1,248 1,532 1,872 2,298 2,496 3,064 3,447 3,744 4,596 4,979 6,128 6,894 7,488 9,192 9,958 12,256 13,788 14,937 18,384 19,916 24,512 27,576 29,874 36,768 39,832 44,811 55,152 59,748 73,536 79,664 89,622 110,304 119,496 159,328 179,244 220,608 238,992 318,656 358,488 477,984 716,976 955,968 1,433,952 and 2,867,904, with no remainder.

Since 2,867,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,867,904, 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).