Q: Is 2,874,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,874,264 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 2,874,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 41 46 69 82 92 123 127 138 164 184 246 254 276 328 381 492 508 552 762 943 984 1,016 1,524 1,886 2,829 2,921 3,048 3,772 5,207 5,658 5,842 7,544 8,763 10,414 11,316 11,684 15,621 17,526 20,828 22,632 23,368 31,242 35,052 41,656 62,484 70,104 119,761 124,968 239,522 359,283 479,044 718,566 958,088 1,437,132 and 2,874,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,874,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,874,264, 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).