Q: Is 2,407,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,407,248 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 2,407,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 73 144 146 219 229 292 438 458 584 657 687 876 916 1,168 1,314 1,374 1,752 1,832 2,061 2,628 2,748 3,504 3,664 4,122 5,256 5,496 8,244 10,512 10,992 16,488 16,717 32,976 33,434 50,151 66,868 100,302 133,736 150,453 200,604 267,472 300,906 401,208 601,812 802,416 1,203,624 and 2,407,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,407,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,407,248, 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).