Q: Is 2,130,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,130,168 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 2,130,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 23 24 34 46 51 68 69 92 102 136 138 184 204 227 276 391 408 454 552 681 782 908 1,173 1,362 1,564 1,816 2,346 2,724 3,128 3,859 4,692 5,221 5,448 7,718 9,384 10,442 11,577 15,436 15,663 20,884 23,154 30,872 31,326 41,768 46,308 62,652 88,757 92,616 125,304 177,514 266,271 355,028 532,542 710,056 1,065,084 and 2,130,168, with no remainder.

Since 2,130,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,130,168, 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).