Q: Is 2,107,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,107,072 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 2,107,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 41 44 64 73 82 88 146 164 176 292 328 352 451 584 656 704 803 902 1,168 1,312 1,606 1,804 2,336 2,624 2,993 3,212 3,608 4,672 5,986 6,424 7,216 11,972 12,848 14,432 23,944 25,696 28,864 32,923 47,888 51,392 65,846 95,776 131,692 191,552 263,384 526,768 1,053,536 and 2,107,072, with no remainder.

Since 2,107,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,107,072, 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).