Q: Is 2,163,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,163,264 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 2,163,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 64 76 96 114 152 192 228 304 456 593 608 912 1,186 1,216 1,779 1,824 2,372 3,558 3,648 4,744 7,116 9,488 11,267 14,232 18,976 22,534 28,464 33,801 37,952 45,068 56,928 67,602 90,136 113,856 135,204 180,272 270,408 360,544 540,816 721,088 1,081,632 and 2,163,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,163,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,163,264, 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).