Q: Is 2,985,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,985,472 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 2,985,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 49 56 64 68 98 112 119 128 136 196 224 238 256 272 343 392 448 476 512 544 686 784 833 896 952 1,088 1,372 1,568 1,666 1,792 1,904 2,176 2,744 3,136 3,332 3,584 3,808 4,352 5,488 5,831 6,272 6,664 7,616 8,704 10,976 11,662 12,544 13,328 15,232 21,952 23,324 25,088 26,656 30,464 43,904 46,648 53,312 60,928 87,808 93,296 106,624 175,616 186,592 213,248 373,184 426,496 746,368 1,492,736 and 2,985,472, with no remainder.

Since 2,985,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,985,472, 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).