Q: Is 2,209,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,209,536 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 2,209,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 128 137 144 168 192 224 252 256 274 288 336 384 411 448 504 548 576 672 768 822 896 959 1,008 1,096 1,152 1,233 1,344 1,644 1,792 1,918 2,016 2,192 2,304 2,466 2,688 2,877 3,288 3,836 4,032 4,384 4,932 5,376 5,754 6,576 7,672 8,064 8,631 8,768 9,864 11,508 13,152 15,344 16,128 17,262 17,536 19,728 23,016 26,304 30,688 34,524 35,072 39,456 46,032 52,608 61,376 69,048 78,912 92,064 105,216 122,752 138,096 157,824 184,128 245,504 276,192 315,648 368,256 552,384 736,512 1,104,768 and 2,209,536, with no remainder.

Since 2,209,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,209,536, 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).