Q: Is 2,135,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,135,448 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 2,135,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 84 114 126 133 152 168 171 223 228 252 266 342 399 446 456 504 532 669 684 798 892 1,064 1,197 1,338 1,368 1,561 1,596 1,784 2,007 2,394 2,676 3,122 3,192 4,014 4,237 4,683 4,788 5,352 6,244 8,028 8,474 9,366 9,576 12,488 12,711 14,049 16,056 16,948 18,732 25,422 28,098 29,659 33,896 37,464 38,133 50,844 56,196 59,318 76,266 88,977 101,688 112,392 118,636 152,532 177,954 237,272 266,931 305,064 355,908 533,862 711,816 1,067,724 and 2,135,448, with no remainder.

Since 2,135,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,135,448, 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).