Q: Is 2,955,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,955,744 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 2,955,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 96 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 288 297 311 352 396 432 528 594 622 792 864 933 1,056 1,188 1,244 1,584 1,866 2,376 2,488 2,799 3,168 3,421 3,732 4,752 4,976 5,598 6,842 7,464 8,397 9,504 9,952 10,263 11,196 13,684 14,928 16,794 20,526 22,392 27,368 29,856 30,789 33,588 41,052 44,784 54,736 61,578 67,176 82,104 89,568 92,367 109,472 123,156 134,352 164,208 184,734 246,312 268,704 328,416 369,468 492,624 738,936 985,248 1,477,872 and 2,955,744, with no remainder.

Since 2,955,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,955,744, 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).