Q: Is 2,887,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,887,248 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 2,887,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 661 728 1,092 1,322 1,456 1,983 2,184 2,644 3,966 4,368 4,627 5,288 7,932 8,593 9,254 10,576 13,881 15,864 17,186 18,508 25,779 27,762 31,728 34,372 37,016 51,558 55,524 60,151 68,744 74,032 103,116 111,048 120,302 137,488 180,453 206,232 222,096 240,604 360,906 412,464 481,208 721,812 962,416 1,443,624 and 2,887,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,887,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,887,248, 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).