Q: Is 2,953,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,953,104 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 2,953,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 17 21 22 24 28 33 34 42 44 47 48 51 56 66 68 77 84 88 94 102 112 119 132 136 141 154 168 176 187 188 204 231 238 264 272 282 308 329 336 357 374 376 408 462 476 517 528 561 564 616 658 714 748 752 799 816 924 952 987 1,034 1,122 1,128 1,232 1,309 1,316 1,428 1,496 1,551 1,598 1,848 1,904 1,974 2,068 2,244 2,256 2,397 2,618 2,632 2,856 2,992 3,102 3,196 3,619 3,696 3,927 3,948 4,136 4,488 4,794 5,236 5,264 5,593 5,712 6,204 6,392 7,238 7,854 7,896 8,272 8,789 8,976 9,588 10,472 10,857 11,186 12,408 12,784 14,476 15,708 15,792 16,779 17,578 19,176 20,944 21,714 22,372 24,816 26,367 28,952 31,416 33,558 35,156 38,352 43,428 44,744 52,734 57,904 61,523 62,832 67,116 70,312 86,856 89,488 105,468 123,046 134,232 140,624 173,712 184,569 210,936 246,092 268,464 369,138 421,872 492,184 738,276 984,368 1,476,552 and 2,953,104, with no remainder.

Since 2,953,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,953,104, 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).