Q: Is 2,009,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,009,592 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 2,009,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 36 38 39 52 57 72 76 78 104 113 114 117 152 156 171 226 228 234 247 312 339 342 452 456 468 494 678 684 741 904 936 988 1,017 1,356 1,368 1,469 1,482 1,976 2,034 2,147 2,223 2,712 2,938 2,964 4,068 4,294 4,407 4,446 5,876 5,928 6,441 8,136 8,588 8,814 8,892 11,752 12,882 13,221 17,176 17,628 17,784 19,323 25,764 26,442 27,911 35,256 38,646 51,528 52,884 55,822 77,292 83,733 105,768 111,644 154,584 167,466 223,288 251,199 334,932 502,398 669,864 1,004,796 and 2,009,592, with no remainder.

Since 2,009,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,009,592, 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).