Q: Is 2,174,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,174,328 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 2,174,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 23 24 26 36 39 46 52 69 72 78 92 101 104 117 138 156 184 202 207 234 276 299 303 312 404 414 468 552 598 606 808 828 897 909 936 1,196 1,212 1,313 1,656 1,794 1,818 2,323 2,392 2,424 2,626 2,691 3,588 3,636 3,939 4,646 5,252 5,382 6,969 7,176 7,272 7,878 9,292 10,504 10,764 11,817 13,938 15,756 18,584 20,907 21,528 23,634 27,876 30,199 31,512 41,814 47,268 55,752 60,398 83,628 90,597 94,536 120,796 167,256 181,194 241,592 271,791 362,388 543,582 724,776 1,087,164 and 2,174,328, with no remainder.

Since 2,174,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,174,328, 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).