Q: Is 2,790,774 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,790,774 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 2,790,774 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 27 42 46 54 63 69 81 107 126 138 161 162 189 207 214 321 322 378 414 483 567 621 642 749 963 966 1,134 1,242 1,449 1,498 1,863 1,926 2,247 2,461 2,889 2,898 3,726 4,347 4,494 4,922 5,778 6,741 7,383 8,667 8,694 13,041 13,482 14,766 17,227 17,334 20,223 22,149 26,082 34,454 40,446 44,298 51,681 60,669 66,447 103,362 121,338 132,894 155,043 199,341 310,086 398,682 465,129 930,258 1,395,387 and 2,790,774, with no remainder.

Since 2,790,774 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,790,774, 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).