Q: Is 2,944,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,944,032 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 2,944,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 337 364 416 546 624 672 674 728 1,011 1,092 1,248 1,348 1,456 2,022 2,184 2,359 2,696 2,912 4,044 4,368 4,381 4,718 5,392 7,077 8,088 8,736 8,762 9,436 10,784 13,143 14,154 16,176 17,524 18,872 26,286 28,308 30,667 32,352 35,048 37,744 52,572 56,616 61,334 70,096 75,488 92,001 105,144 113,232 122,668 140,192 184,002 210,288 226,464 245,336 368,004 420,576 490,672 736,008 981,344 1,472,016 and 2,944,032, with no remainder.

Since 2,944,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,944,032, 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).