Q: Is 2,137,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,137,044 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 2,137,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 19 21 26 28 38 39 42 52 57 76 78 84 91 103 114 133 156 182 206 228 247 266 273 309 364 399 412 494 532 546 618 721 741 798 988 1,092 1,236 1,339 1,442 1,482 1,596 1,729 1,957 2,163 2,678 2,884 2,964 3,458 3,914 4,017 4,326 5,187 5,356 5,871 6,916 7,828 8,034 8,652 9,373 10,374 11,742 13,699 16,068 18,746 20,748 23,484 25,441 27,398 28,119 37,492 41,097 50,882 54,796 56,238 76,323 82,194 101,764 112,476 152,646 164,388 178,087 305,292 356,174 534,261 712,348 1,068,522 and 2,137,044, with no remainder.

Since 2,137,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,137,044, 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).