Q: Is 2,970,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,970,968 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 2,970,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 49 52 53 56 77 88 91 98 104 106 143 154 182 196 212 286 308 364 371 392 424 539 572 583 616 637 689 728 742 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,166 1,274 1,378 1,484 2,002 2,156 2,332 2,548 2,597 2,756 2,968 4,004 4,081 4,312 4,664 4,823 5,096 5,194 5,512 7,007 7,579 8,008 8,162 9,646 10,388 14,014 15,158 16,324 19,292 20,776 28,028 28,567 30,316 32,648 33,761 38,584 53,053 56,056 57,134 60,632 67,522 106,106 114,268 135,044 212,212 228,536 270,088 371,371 424,424 742,742 1,485,484 and 2,970,968, with no remainder.

Since 2,970,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,970,968, 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).