Q: Is 2,089,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,089,542 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 2,089,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 43 78 86 89 91 129 178 182 258 267 273 301 534 546 559 602 623 903 1,118 1,157 1,246 1,677 1,806 1,869 2,314 3,354 3,471 3,738 3,827 3,913 6,942 7,654 7,826 8,099 11,481 11,739 16,198 22,962 23,478 24,297 26,789 48,594 49,751 53,578 80,367 99,502 149,253 160,734 298,506 348,257 696,514 1,044,771 and 2,089,542, with no remainder.

Since 2,089,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,089,542, 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).