Q: Is 2,949,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,949,072 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 2,949,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 67 84 112 131 134 168 201 262 268 336 393 402 469 524 536 786 804 917 938 1,048 1,072 1,407 1,572 1,608 1,834 1,876 2,096 2,751 2,814 3,144 3,216 3,668 3,752 5,502 5,628 6,288 7,336 7,504 8,777 11,004 11,256 14,672 17,554 22,008 22,512 26,331 35,108 44,016 52,662 61,439 70,216 105,324 122,878 140,432 184,317 210,648 245,756 368,634 421,296 491,512 737,268 983,024 1,474,536 and 2,949,072, with no remainder.

Since 2,949,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,949,072, 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).