Q: Is 2,173,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,173,752 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 2,173,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 84 114 126 133 152 168 171 227 228 252 266 342 399 454 456 504 532 681 684 798 908 1,064 1,197 1,362 1,368 1,589 1,596 1,816 2,043 2,394 2,724 3,178 3,192 4,086 4,313 4,767 4,788 5,448 6,356 8,172 8,626 9,534 9,576 12,712 12,939 14,301 16,344 17,252 19,068 25,878 28,602 30,191 34,504 38,136 38,817 51,756 57,204 60,382 77,634 90,573 103,512 114,408 120,764 155,268 181,146 241,528 271,719 310,536 362,292 543,438 724,584 1,086,876 and 2,173,752, with no remainder.

Since 2,173,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,173,752, 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).