Q: Is 2,994,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,994,732 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 2,994,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 79 81 108 117 156 158 162 234 237 243 316 324 351 468 474 486 702 711 729 948 972 1,027 1,053 1,404 1,422 1,458 2,054 2,106 2,133 2,844 2,916 3,081 3,159 4,108 4,212 4,266 6,162 6,318 6,399 8,532 9,243 9,477 12,324 12,636 12,798 18,486 18,954 19,197 25,596 27,729 36,972 37,908 38,394 55,458 57,591 76,788 83,187 110,916 115,182 166,374 230,364 249,561 332,748 499,122 748,683 998,244 1,497,366 and 2,994,732, with no remainder.

Since 2,994,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,994,732, 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).