Q: Is 2,124,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,124,252 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 2,124,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 27 34 36 39 51 52 54 68 78 89 102 108 117 153 156 178 204 221 234 267 306 351 356 442 459 468 534 612 663 702 801 884 918 1,068 1,157 1,326 1,404 1,513 1,602 1,836 1,989 2,314 2,403 2,652 3,026 3,204 3,471 3,978 4,539 4,628 4,806 5,967 6,052 6,942 7,956 9,078 9,612 10,413 11,934 13,617 13,884 18,156 19,669 20,826 23,868 27,234 31,239 39,338 40,851 41,652 54,468 59,007 62,478 78,676 81,702 118,014 124,956 163,404 177,021 236,028 354,042 531,063 708,084 1,062,126 and 2,124,252, with no remainder.

Since 2,124,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,124,252, 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).