Q: Is 2,984,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,984,544 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 2,984,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 72 86 96 129 144 172 241 258 288 344 387 482 516 688 723 774 964 1,032 1,376 1,446 1,548 1,928 2,064 2,169 2,892 3,096 3,856 4,128 4,338 5,784 6,192 7,712 8,676 10,363 11,568 12,384 17,352 20,726 23,136 31,089 34,704 41,452 62,178 69,408 82,904 93,267 124,356 165,808 186,534 248,712 331,616 373,068 497,424 746,136 994,848 1,492,272 and 2,984,544, with no remainder.

Since 2,984,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,984,544, 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).