Q: Is 2,137,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,137,184 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 2,137,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 47 49 56 58 94 98 112 116 188 196 203 224 232 329 376 392 406 464 658 752 784 812 928 1,316 1,363 1,421 1,504 1,568 1,624 2,303 2,632 2,726 2,842 3,248 4,606 5,264 5,452 5,684 6,496 9,212 9,541 10,528 10,904 11,368 18,424 19,082 21,808 22,736 36,848 38,164 43,616 45,472 66,787 73,696 76,328 133,574 152,656 267,148 305,312 534,296 1,068,592 and 2,137,184, with no remainder.

Since 2,137,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,137,184, 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).