Q: Is 2,977,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,977,884 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 2,977,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 39 42 52 54 63 78 81 84 91 101 108 117 126 156 162 182 189 202 234 252 273 303 324 351 364 378 404 468 546 567 606 702 707 756 819 909 1,053 1,092 1,134 1,212 1,313 1,404 1,414 1,638 1,818 2,106 2,121 2,268 2,457 2,626 2,727 2,828 3,276 3,636 3,939 4,212 4,242 4,914 5,252 5,454 6,363 7,371 7,878 8,181 8,484 9,191 9,828 10,908 11,817 12,726 14,742 15,756 16,362 18,382 19,089 23,634 25,452 27,573 29,484 32,724 35,451 36,764 38,178 47,268 55,146 57,267 70,902 76,356 82,719 106,353 110,292 114,534 141,804 165,438 212,706 229,068 248,157 330,876 425,412 496,314 744,471 992,628 1,488,942 and 2,977,884, with no remainder.

Since 2,977,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,977,884, 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).