Q: Is 2,926,924 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,926,924 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 2,926,924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 17 22 26 28 34 43 44 52 68 77 86 91 119 143 154 172 182 187 221 238 286 301 308 364 374 442 473 476 559 572 602 731 748 884 946 1,001 1,118 1,204 1,309 1,462 1,547 1,892 2,002 2,236 2,431 2,618 2,924 3,094 3,311 3,913 4,004 4,862 5,117 5,236 6,149 6,188 6,622 7,826 8,041 9,503 9,724 10,234 12,298 13,244 15,652 16,082 17,017 19,006 20,468 24,596 32,164 34,034 38,012 43,043 56,287 66,521 68,068 86,086 104,533 112,574 133,042 172,172 209,066 225,148 266,084 418,132 731,731 1,463,462 and 2,926,924, with no remainder.

Since 2,926,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,926,924, 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).