Q: Is 2,127,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,127,468 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 2,127,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 19 21 28 31 38 42 43 57 62 76 84 86 93 114 124 129 133 172 186 217 228 258 266 301 372 399 434 516 532 589 602 651 798 817 868 903 1,178 1,204 1,302 1,333 1,596 1,634 1,767 1,806 2,356 2,451 2,604 2,666 3,268 3,534 3,612 3,999 4,123 4,902 5,332 5,719 7,068 7,998 8,246 9,331 9,804 11,438 12,369 15,996 16,492 17,157 18,662 22,876 24,738 25,327 27,993 34,314 37,324 49,476 50,654 55,986 68,628 75,981 101,308 111,972 151,962 177,289 303,924 354,578 531,867 709,156 1,063,734 and 2,127,468, with no remainder.

Since 2,127,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,127,468, 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).