Q: Is 2,913,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,913,792 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 2,913,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 271 336 384 448 512 542 672 768 813 896 1,084 1,344 1,536 1,626 1,792 1,897 2,168 2,688 3,252 3,584 3,794 4,336 5,376 5,691 6,504 7,588 8,672 10,752 11,382 13,008 15,176 17,344 22,764 26,016 30,352 34,688 45,528 52,032 60,704 69,376 91,056 104,064 121,408 138,752 182,112 208,128 242,816 364,224 416,256 485,632 728,448 971,264 1,456,896 and 2,913,792, with no remainder.

Since 2,913,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,913,792, 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).