Q: Is 2,201,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,201,976 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 2,201,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 51 56 63 68 72 84 102 119 126 136 153 168 204 238 252 257 306 357 408 476 504 514 612 714 771 952 1,028 1,071 1,224 1,428 1,542 1,799 2,056 2,142 2,313 2,856 3,084 3,598 4,284 4,369 4,626 5,397 6,168 7,196 8,568 8,738 9,252 10,794 13,107 14,392 16,191 17,476 18,504 21,588 26,214 30,583 32,382 34,952 39,321 43,176 52,428 61,166 64,764 78,642 91,749 104,856 122,332 129,528 157,284 183,498 244,664 275,247 314,568 366,996 550,494 733,992 1,100,988 and 2,201,976, with no remainder.

Since 2,201,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,201,976, 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).