Q: Is 2,204,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,204,136 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 2,204,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 23 24 33 36 44 46 66 69 72 88 92 99 121 132 138 184 198 207 242 253 264 276 363 396 414 484 506 552 726 759 792 828 968 1,012 1,089 1,331 1,452 1,518 1,656 2,024 2,178 2,277 2,662 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,993 4,356 4,554 5,324 5,566 6,072 7,986 8,349 8,712 9,108 10,648 11,132 11,979 15,972 16,698 18,216 22,264 23,958 25,047 30,613 31,944 33,396 47,916 50,094 61,226 66,792 91,839 95,832 100,188 122,452 183,678 200,376 244,904 275,517 367,356 551,034 734,712 1,102,068 and 2,204,136, with no remainder.

Since 2,204,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,204,136, 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).