Q: Is 2,167,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,167,424 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 2,167,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 56 59 64 82 112 118 128 164 224 236 287 328 413 448 472 574 656 826 896 944 1,148 1,312 1,652 1,888 2,296 2,419 2,624 3,304 3,776 4,592 4,838 5,248 6,608 7,552 9,184 9,676 13,216 16,933 18,368 19,352 26,432 33,866 36,736 38,704 52,864 67,732 77,408 135,464 154,816 270,928 309,632 541,856 1,083,712 and 2,167,424, with no remainder.

Since 2,167,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,167,424, 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).