Q: Is 2,098,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,098,152 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 2,098,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 28 36 42 46 56 63 69 72 84 92 126 138 161 168 181 184 207 252 276 322 362 414 483 504 543 552 644 724 828 966 1,086 1,267 1,288 1,448 1,449 1,629 1,656 1,932 2,172 2,534 2,898 3,258 3,801 3,864 4,163 4,344 5,068 5,796 6,516 7,602 8,326 10,136 11,403 11,592 12,489 13,032 15,204 16,652 22,806 24,978 29,141 30,408 33,304 37,467 45,612 49,956 58,282 74,934 87,423 91,224 99,912 116,564 149,868 174,846 233,128 262,269 299,736 349,692 524,538 699,384 1,049,076 and 2,098,152, with no remainder.

Since 2,098,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,098,152, 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).