Q: Is 2,115,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,115,504 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 2,115,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 59 72 83 108 118 144 166 177 216 236 249 332 354 432 472 498 531 664 708 747 944 996 1,062 1,328 1,416 1,494 1,593 1,992 2,124 2,241 2,832 2,988 3,186 3,984 4,248 4,482 4,897 5,976 6,372 8,496 8,964 9,794 11,952 12,744 14,691 17,928 19,588 25,488 29,382 35,856 39,176 44,073 58,764 78,352 88,146 117,528 132,219 176,292 235,056 264,438 352,584 528,876 705,168 1,057,752 and 2,115,504, with no remainder.

Since 2,115,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,115,504, 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).