Q: Is 2,176,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,176,416 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 2,176,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 96 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 229 264 288 297 352 396 432 458 528 594 687 792 864 916 1,056 1,188 1,374 1,584 1,832 2,061 2,376 2,519 2,748 3,168 3,664 4,122 4,752 5,038 5,496 6,183 7,328 7,557 8,244 9,504 10,076 10,992 12,366 15,114 16,488 20,152 21,984 22,671 24,732 30,228 32,976 40,304 45,342 49,464 60,456 65,952 68,013 80,608 90,684 98,928 120,912 136,026 181,368 197,856 241,824 272,052 362,736 544,104 725,472 1,088,208 and 2,176,416, with no remainder.

Since 2,176,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,176,416, 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).