Q: Is 2,084,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,084,472 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 2,084,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 117 131 136 153 156 204 221 234 262 306 312 393 408 442 468 524 612 663 786 884 936 1,048 1,179 1,224 1,326 1,572 1,703 1,768 1,989 2,227 2,358 2,652 3,144 3,406 3,978 4,454 4,716 5,109 5,304 6,681 6,812 7,956 8,908 9,432 10,218 13,362 13,624 15,327 15,912 17,816 20,043 20,436 26,724 28,951 30,654 40,086 40,872 53,448 57,902 61,308 80,172 86,853 115,804 122,616 160,344 173,706 231,608 260,559 347,412 521,118 694,824 1,042,236 and 2,084,472, with no remainder.

Since 2,084,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,084,472, 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).