Q: Is 2,101,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,101,344 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 2,101,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 53 56 59 84 96 106 112 118 159 168 177 212 224 236 318 336 354 371 413 424 472 636 672 708 742 826 848 944 1,113 1,239 1,272 1,416 1,484 1,652 1,696 1,888 2,226 2,478 2,544 2,832 2,968 3,127 3,304 4,452 4,956 5,088 5,664 5,936 6,254 6,608 8,904 9,381 9,912 11,872 12,508 13,216 17,808 18,762 19,824 21,889 25,016 35,616 37,524 39,648 43,778 50,032 65,667 75,048 87,556 100,064 131,334 150,096 175,112 262,668 300,192 350,224 525,336 700,448 1,050,672 and 2,101,344, with no remainder.

Since 2,101,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,101,344, 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).