Q: Is 2,126,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,126,124 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 2,126,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 18 21 22 26 28 33 36 39 42 44 52 59 63 66 77 78 84 91 99 117 118 126 132 143 154 156 177 182 198 231 234 236 252 273 286 308 354 364 396 413 429 462 468 531 546 572 649 693 708 767 819 826 858 924 1,001 1,062 1,092 1,239 1,287 1,298 1,386 1,534 1,638 1,652 1,716 1,947 2,002 2,124 2,301 2,478 2,574 2,596 2,772 3,003 3,068 3,276 3,717 3,894 4,004 4,543 4,602 4,956 5,148 5,369 5,841 6,006 6,903 7,434 7,788 8,437 9,009 9,086 9,204 10,738 11,682 12,012 13,629 13,806 14,868 16,107 16,874 18,018 18,172 21,476 23,364 25,311 27,258 27,612 32,214 33,748 36,036 40,887 48,321 50,622 54,516 59,059 64,428 75,933 81,774 96,642 101,244 118,118 151,866 163,548 177,177 193,284 236,236 303,732 354,354 531,531 708,708 1,063,062 and 2,126,124, with no remainder.

Since 2,126,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,126,124, 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).