Q: Is 2,119,788 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,119,788 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 2,119,788 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 53 66 99 101 106 132 159 198 202 212 303 318 396 404 477 583 606 636 909 954 1,111 1,166 1,212 1,749 1,818 1,908 2,222 2,332 3,333 3,498 3,636 4,444 5,247 5,353 6,666 6,996 9,999 10,494 10,706 13,332 16,059 19,998 20,988 21,412 32,118 39,996 48,177 58,883 64,236 96,354 117,766 176,649 192,708 235,532 353,298 529,947 706,596 1,059,894 and 2,119,788, with no remainder.

Since 2,119,788 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,119,788, 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).