Q: Is 2,126,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,126,088 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 2,126,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 193 204 216 306 324 386 408 459 579 612 648 772 918 1,158 1,224 1,377 1,544 1,737 1,836 2,316 2,754 3,281 3,474 3,672 4,632 5,211 5,508 6,562 6,948 9,843 10,422 11,016 13,124 13,896 15,633 19,686 20,844 26,248 29,529 31,266 39,372 41,688 59,058 62,532 78,744 88,587 118,116 125,064 177,174 236,232 265,761 354,348 531,522 708,696 1,063,044 and 2,126,088, with no remainder.

Since 2,126,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,126,088, 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).