Q: Is 2,985,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,985,948 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 2,985,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 28 34 36 41 42 51 63 68 82 84 102 119 123 126 153 164 204 238 246 252 287 289 306 357 369 476 492 574 578 612 697 714 738 861 867 1,071 1,148 1,156 1,394 1,428 1,476 1,722 1,734 2,023 2,091 2,142 2,583 2,601 2,788 3,444 3,468 4,046 4,182 4,284 4,879 5,166 5,202 6,069 6,273 8,092 8,364 9,758 10,332 10,404 11,849 12,138 12,546 14,637 18,207 19,516 23,698 24,276 25,092 29,274 35,547 36,414 43,911 47,396 58,548 71,094 72,828 82,943 87,822 106,641 142,188 165,886 175,644 213,282 248,829 331,772 426,564 497,658 746,487 995,316 1,492,974 and 2,985,948, with no remainder.

Since 2,985,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,985,948, 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).