Q: Is 2,887,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,887,776 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 2,887,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 37 48 72 74 96 111 144 148 222 271 288 296 333 444 542 592 666 813 888 1,084 1,184 1,332 1,626 1,776 2,168 2,439 2,664 3,252 3,552 4,336 4,878 5,328 6,504 8,672 9,756 10,027 10,656 13,008 19,512 20,054 26,016 30,081 39,024 40,108 60,162 78,048 80,216 90,243 120,324 160,432 180,486 240,648 320,864 360,972 481,296 721,944 962,592 1,443,888 and 2,887,776, with no remainder.

Since 2,887,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,887,776, 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).