Q: Is 2,044,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,044,848 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 2,044,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 113 116 156 174 208 226 232 312 339 348 377 452 464 624 678 696 754 904 1,131 1,356 1,392 1,469 1,508 1,808 2,262 2,712 2,938 3,016 3,277 4,407 4,524 5,424 5,876 6,032 6,554 8,814 9,048 9,831 11,752 13,108 17,628 18,096 19,662 23,504 26,216 35,256 39,324 42,601 52,432 70,512 78,648 85,202 127,803 157,296 170,404 255,606 340,808 511,212 681,616 1,022,424 and 2,044,848, with no remainder.

Since 2,044,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,044,848, 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).