Q: Is 2,950,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,950,948 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 2,950,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 67 77 91 121 134 143 154 182 242 268 286 308 364 469 484 572 737 847 871 938 1,001 1,474 1,573 1,694 1,742 1,876 2,002 2,948 3,146 3,388 3,484 4,004 5,159 6,097 6,292 8,107 9,581 10,318 11,011 12,194 16,214 19,162 20,636 22,022 24,388 32,428 38,324 44,044 56,749 67,067 105,391 113,498 134,134 210,782 226,996 268,268 421,564 737,737 1,475,474 and 2,950,948, with no remainder.

Since 2,950,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,950,948, 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).