Q: Is 2,121,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,121,336 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 2,121,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 27 28 36 42 46 54 56 61 63 69 72 84 92 108 122 126 138 161 168 183 184 189 207 216 244 252 276 322 366 378 414 427 483 488 504 549 552 621 644 732 756 828 854 966 1,098 1,242 1,281 1,288 1,403 1,449 1,464 1,512 1,647 1,656 1,708 1,932 2,196 2,484 2,562 2,806 2,898 3,294 3,416 3,843 3,864 4,209 4,347 4,392 4,968 5,124 5,612 5,796 6,588 7,686 8,418 8,694 9,821 10,248 11,224 11,529 11,592 12,627 13,176 15,372 16,836 17,388 19,642 23,058 25,254 29,463 30,744 33,672 34,776 37,881 39,284 46,116 50,508 58,926 75,762 78,568 88,389 92,232 101,016 117,852 151,524 176,778 235,704 265,167 303,048 353,556 530,334 707,112 1,060,668 and 2,121,336, with no remainder.

Since 2,121,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,121,336, 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).