Q: Is 2,201,148 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,201,148 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 2,201,148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 89 108 178 229 267 356 458 534 687 801 916 1,068 1,374 1,602 2,061 2,403 2,748 3,204 4,122 4,806 6,183 8,244 9,612 12,366 20,381 24,732 40,762 61,143 81,524 122,286 183,429 244,572 366,858 550,287 733,716 1,100,574 and 2,201,148, with no remainder.

Since 2,201,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,201,148, 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).