Q: Is 2,972,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,972,244 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 2,972,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 23 33 44 46 66 69 89 92 121 132 138 178 242 253 267 276 356 363 484 506 534 726 759 979 1,012 1,068 1,452 1,518 1,958 2,047 2,783 2,937 3,036 3,916 4,094 5,566 5,874 6,141 8,188 8,349 10,769 11,132 11,748 12,282 16,698 21,538 22,517 24,564 32,307 33,396 43,076 45,034 64,614 67,551 90,068 129,228 135,102 247,687 270,204 495,374 743,061 990,748 1,486,122 and 2,972,244, with no remainder.

Since 2,972,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,972,244, 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).