Q: Is 2,087,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,087,316 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 2,087,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 63 66 77 84 99 108 126 132 154 189 198 231 251 252 297 308 378 396 462 502 594 693 753 756 924 1,004 1,188 1,386 1,506 1,757 2,079 2,259 2,761 2,772 3,012 3,514 4,158 4,518 5,271 5,522 6,777 7,028 8,283 8,316 9,036 10,542 11,044 13,554 15,813 16,566 19,327 21,084 24,849 27,108 31,626 33,132 38,654 47,439 49,698 57,981 63,252 74,547 77,308 94,878 99,396 115,962 149,094 173,943 189,756 231,924 298,188 347,886 521,829 695,772 1,043,658 and 2,087,316, with no remainder.

Since 2,087,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,087,316, 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).