Q: Is 2,899,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,899,104 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 2,899,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 32 39 46 48 52 69 78 92 96 101 104 138 156 184 202 208 276 299 303 312 368 404 416 552 598 606 624 736 808 897 1,104 1,196 1,212 1,248 1,313 1,616 1,794 2,208 2,323 2,392 2,424 2,626 3,232 3,588 3,939 4,646 4,784 4,848 5,252 6,969 7,176 7,878 9,292 9,568 9,696 10,504 13,938 14,352 15,756 18,584 21,008 27,876 28,704 30,199 31,512 37,168 42,016 55,752 60,398 63,024 74,336 90,597 111,504 120,796 126,048 181,194 223,008 241,592 362,388 483,184 724,776 966,368 1,449,552 and 2,899,104, with no remainder.

Since 2,899,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,899,104, 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).