Q: Is 2,193,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,193,672 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 2,193,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 79 89 104 156 158 178 237 267 312 316 356 474 534 632 712 948 1,027 1,068 1,157 1,896 2,054 2,136 2,314 3,081 3,471 4,108 4,628 6,162 6,942 7,031 8,216 9,256 12,324 13,884 14,062 21,093 24,648 27,768 28,124 42,186 56,248 84,372 91,403 168,744 182,806 274,209 365,612 548,418 731,224 1,096,836 and 2,193,672, with no remainder.

Since 2,193,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,193,672, 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).