Q: Is 2,201,934 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,201,934 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 2,201,934 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 103 206 309 509 618 721 1,018 1,442 1,527 2,163 3,054 3,563 4,326 7,126 10,689 21,378 52,427 104,854 157,281 314,562 366,989 733,978 1,100,967 and 2,201,934, with no remainder.

Since 2,201,934 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,201,934, 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).