Q: Is 2,122,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,122,230 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 2,122,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 59 66 109 110 118 165 177 218 295 327 330 354 545 590 649 654 885 1,090 1,199 1,298 1,635 1,770 1,947 2,398 3,245 3,270 3,597 3,894 5,995 6,431 6,490 7,194 9,735 11,990 12,862 17,985 19,293 19,470 32,155 35,970 38,586 64,310 70,741 96,465 141,482 192,930 212,223 353,705 424,446 707,410 1,061,115 and 2,122,230, with no remainder.

Since 2,122,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,122,230, 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).