Q: Is 2,892,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,892,672 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 2,892,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 32 36 48 54 62 64 72 81 93 96 108 124 128 144 162 186 192 216 243 248 279 288 324 372 384 432 486 496 558 576 648 729 744 837 864 972 992 1,116 1,152 1,296 1,458 1,488 1,674 1,728 1,944 1,984 2,232 2,511 2,592 2,916 2,976 3,348 3,456 3,888 3,968 4,464 5,022 5,184 5,832 5,952 6,696 7,533 7,776 8,928 10,044 10,368 11,664 11,904 13,392 15,066 15,552 17,856 20,088 22,599 23,328 26,784 30,132 31,104 35,712 40,176 45,198 46,656 53,568 60,264 80,352 90,396 93,312 107,136 120,528 160,704 180,792 241,056 321,408 361,584 482,112 723,168 964,224 1,446,336 and 2,892,672, with no remainder.

Since 2,892,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,892,672, 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).