Q: Is 2,168,388 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,168,388 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 2,168,388 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 31 36 58 62 67 87 93 116 124 134 174 186 201 261 268 279 348 372 402 522 558 603 804 899 1,044 1,116 1,206 1,798 1,943 2,077 2,412 2,697 3,596 3,886 4,154 5,394 5,829 6,231 7,772 8,091 8,308 10,788 11,658 12,462 16,182 17,487 18,693 23,316 24,924 32,364 34,974 37,386 60,233 69,948 74,772 120,466 180,699 240,932 361,398 542,097 722,796 1,084,194 and 2,168,388, with no remainder.

Since 2,168,388 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,168,388, 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).