Q: Is 2,746,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,746,744 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 2,746,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 49 52 56 77 88 91 98 104 143 154 182 196 286 308 343 364 392 539 572 616 637 686 728 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,274 1,372 2,002 2,156 2,401 2,548 2,744 3,773 4,004 4,312 4,459 4,802 5,096 7,007 7,546 8,008 8,918 9,604 14,014 15,092 17,836 19,208 26,411 28,028 30,184 31,213 35,672 49,049 52,822 56,056 62,426 98,098 105,644 124,852 196,196 211,288 249,704 343,343 392,392 686,686 1,373,372 and 2,746,744, with no remainder.

Since 2,746,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,746,744, 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).