Q: Is 2,122,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,122,308 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 2,122,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 43 54 86 108 129 172 258 387 457 516 774 914 1,161 1,371 1,548 1,828 2,322 2,742 4,113 4,644 5,484 8,226 12,339 16,452 19,651 24,678 39,302 49,356 58,953 78,604 117,906 176,859 235,812 353,718 530,577 707,436 1,061,154 and 2,122,308, with no remainder.

Since 2,122,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,122,308, 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).