Q: Is 2,106,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,106,104 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 2,106,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 91 104 143 154 182 263 286 308 364 526 572 616 728 1,001 1,052 1,144 1,841 2,002 2,104 2,893 3,419 3,682 4,004 5,786 6,838 7,364 8,008 11,572 13,676 14,728 20,251 23,144 23,933 27,352 37,609 40,502 47,866 75,218 81,004 95,732 150,436 162,008 191,464 263,263 300,872 526,526 1,053,052 and 2,106,104, with no remainder.

Since 2,106,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,106,104, 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).