Q: Is 2,130,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,130,408 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 2,130,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,409 1,512 2,818 4,227 5,636 8,454 9,863 11,272 12,681 16,908 19,726 25,362 29,589 33,816 38,043 39,452 50,724 59,178 76,086 78,904 88,767 101,448 118,356 152,172 177,534 236,712 266,301 304,344 355,068 532,602 710,136 1,065,204 and 2,130,408, with no remainder.

Since 2,130,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,130,408, 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).