Q: Is 2,012,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,012,472 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 2,012,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 108 121 126 132 154 168 189 198 216 231 242 252 264 297 308 363 378 396 462 484 504 594 616 693 726 756 792 847 924 968 1,089 1,188 1,331 1,386 1,452 1,512 1,694 1,848 2,079 2,178 2,376 2,541 2,662 2,772 2,904 3,267 3,388 3,993 4,158 4,356 5,082 5,324 5,544 6,534 6,776 7,623 7,986 8,316 8,712 9,317 10,164 10,648 11,979 13,068 15,246 15,972 16,632 18,634 20,328 22,869 23,958 26,136 27,951 30,492 31,944 35,937 37,268 45,738 47,916 55,902 60,984 71,874 74,536 83,853 91,476 95,832 111,804 143,748 167,706 182,952 223,608 251,559 287,496 335,412 503,118 670,824 1,006,236 and 2,012,472, with no remainder.

Since 2,012,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,012,472, 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).