Q: Is 2,377,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,377,536 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 2,377,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 61 64 84 87 96 112 116 122 168 174 183 192 203 224 232 244 336 348 366 406 427 448 464 488 609 672 696 732 812 854 928 976 1,218 1,281 1,344 1,392 1,464 1,624 1,708 1,769 1,856 1,952 2,436 2,562 2,784 2,928 3,248 3,416 3,538 3,904 4,872 5,124 5,307 5,568 5,856 6,496 6,832 7,076 9,744 10,248 10,614 11,712 12,383 12,992 13,664 14,152 19,488 20,496 21,228 24,766 27,328 28,304 37,149 38,976 40,992 42,456 49,532 56,608 74,298 81,984 84,912 99,064 113,216 148,596 169,824 198,128 297,192 339,648 396,256 594,384 792,512 1,188,768 and 2,377,536, with no remainder.

Since 2,377,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,377,536, 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).