Q: Is 2,199,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,199,528 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 2,199,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 153 204 216 306 408 459 599 612 918 1,198 1,224 1,797 1,836 2,396 3,594 3,672 4,792 5,391 7,188 10,183 10,782 14,376 16,173 20,366 21,564 30,549 32,346 40,732 43,128 61,098 64,692 81,464 91,647 122,196 129,384 183,294 244,392 274,941 366,588 549,882 733,176 1,099,764 and 2,199,528, with no remainder.

Since 2,199,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,199,528, 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).