Q: Is 2,119,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,119,536 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 2,119,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 41 48 72 82 123 144 164 246 328 359 369 492 656 718 738 984 1,077 1,436 1,476 1,968 2,154 2,872 2,952 3,231 4,308 5,744 5,904 6,462 8,616 12,924 14,719 17,232 25,848 29,438 44,157 51,696 58,876 88,314 117,752 132,471 176,628 235,504 264,942 353,256 529,884 706,512 1,059,768 and 2,119,536, with no remainder.

Since 2,119,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,119,536, 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).