Q: Is 2,000,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,000,472 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 2,000,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 41 57 76 82 107 114 123 152 164 214 228 246 321 328 428 456 492 642 779 856 984 1,284 1,558 2,033 2,337 2,568 3,116 4,066 4,387 4,674 6,099 6,232 8,132 8,774 9,348 12,198 13,161 16,264 17,548 18,696 24,396 26,322 35,096 48,792 52,644 83,353 105,288 166,706 250,059 333,412 500,118 666,824 1,000,236 and 2,000,472, with no remainder.

Since 2,000,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,000,472, 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).