Q: Is 2,942,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,942,016 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 2,942,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 64 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 192 199 224 231 264 308 336 352 398 448 462 528 597 616 672 704 796 924 1,056 1,194 1,232 1,344 1,393 1,592 1,848 2,112 2,189 2,388 2,464 2,786 3,184 3,696 4,179 4,378 4,776 4,928 5,572 6,368 6,567 7,392 8,358 8,756 9,552 11,144 12,736 13,134 14,784 15,323 16,716 17,512 19,104 22,288 26,268 30,646 33,432 35,024 38,208 44,576 45,969 52,536 61,292 66,864 70,048 89,152 91,938 105,072 122,584 133,728 140,096 183,876 210,144 245,168 267,456 367,752 420,288 490,336 735,504 980,672 1,471,008 and 2,942,016, with no remainder.

Since 2,942,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,942,016, 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).