Q: Is 2,890,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,890,008 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 2,890,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 41 44 66 72 82 88 89 99 123 132 164 178 198 246 264 267 328 356 369 396 451 492 534 712 738 792 801 902 979 984 1,068 1,353 1,476 1,602 1,804 1,958 2,136 2,706 2,937 2,952 3,204 3,608 3,649 3,916 4,059 5,412 5,874 6,408 7,298 7,832 8,118 8,811 10,824 10,947 11,748 14,596 16,236 17,622 21,894 23,496 29,192 32,472 32,841 35,244 40,139 43,788 65,682 70,488 80,278 87,576 120,417 131,364 160,556 240,834 262,728 321,112 361,251 481,668 722,502 963,336 1,445,004 and 2,890,008, with no remainder.

Since 2,890,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,890,008, 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).