Q: Is 2,125,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,125,116 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 2,125,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 567 756 937 1,134 1,874 2,268 2,811 3,748 5,622 6,559 8,433 11,244 13,118 16,866 19,677 25,299 26,236 33,732 39,354 50,598 59,031 75,897 78,708 101,196 118,062 151,794 177,093 236,124 303,588 354,186 531,279 708,372 1,062,558 and 2,125,116, with no remainder.

Since 2,125,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,125,116, 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).