Q: Is 2,125,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,125,464 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 2,125,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 83 88 97 132 166 194 249 264 291 332 388 498 582 664 776 913 996 1,067 1,164 1,826 1,992 2,134 2,328 2,739 3,201 3,652 4,268 5,478 6,402 7,304 8,051 8,536 10,956 12,804 16,102 21,912 24,153 25,608 32,204 48,306 64,408 88,561 96,612 177,122 193,224 265,683 354,244 531,366 708,488 1,062,732 and 2,125,464, with no remainder.

Since 2,125,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,125,464, 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).