Q: Is 2,988,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,988,672 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 2,988,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 43 48 64 86 96 128 129 172 181 192 258 344 362 384 516 543 688 724 1,032 1,086 1,376 1,448 2,064 2,172 2,752 2,896 4,128 4,344 5,504 5,792 7,783 8,256 8,688 11,584 15,566 16,512 17,376 23,168 23,349 31,132 34,752 46,698 62,264 69,504 93,396 124,528 186,792 249,056 373,584 498,112 747,168 996,224 1,494,336 and 2,988,672, with no remainder.

Since 2,988,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,988,672, 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).