Q: Is 2,122,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,122,224 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 2,122,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 38 39 48 52 57 76 78 104 114 152 156 179 208 228 247 304 312 358 456 494 537 624 716 741 912 988 1,074 1,432 1,482 1,976 2,148 2,327 2,864 2,964 3,401 3,952 4,296 4,654 5,928 6,802 6,981 8,592 9,308 10,203 11,856 13,604 13,962 18,616 20,406 27,208 27,924 37,232 40,812 44,213 54,416 55,848 81,624 88,426 111,696 132,639 163,248 176,852 265,278 353,704 530,556 707,408 1,061,112 and 2,122,224, with no remainder.

Since 2,122,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,122,224, 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).