Q: Is 2,943,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,943,936 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 2,943,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 192 228 269 288 304 342 456 538 576 608 684 807 912 1,076 1,216 1,368 1,614 1,824 2,152 2,421 2,736 3,228 3,648 4,304 4,842 5,111 5,472 6,456 8,608 9,684 10,222 10,944 12,912 15,333 17,216 19,368 20,444 25,824 30,666 38,736 40,888 45,999 51,648 61,332 77,472 81,776 91,998 122,664 154,944 163,552 183,996 245,328 327,104 367,992 490,656 735,984 981,312 1,471,968 and 2,943,936, with no remainder.

Since 2,943,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,943,936, 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).