Q: Is 2,110,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,110,272 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 2,110,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 48 58 64 87 96 116 174 192 232 348 379 464 696 758 928 1,137 1,392 1,516 1,856 2,274 2,784 3,032 4,548 5,568 6,064 9,096 10,991 12,128 18,192 21,982 24,256 32,973 36,384 43,964 65,946 72,768 87,928 131,892 175,856 263,784 351,712 527,568 703,424 1,055,136 and 2,110,272, with no remainder.

Since 2,110,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,110,272, 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).