Q: Is 2,211,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,211,552 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 2,211,552 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 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 1,097 2,016 2,194 3,291 4,388 6,582 7,679 8,776 9,873 13,164 15,358 17,552 19,746 23,037 26,328 30,716 35,104 39,492 46,074 52,656 61,432 69,111 78,984 92,148 105,312 122,864 138,222 157,968 184,296 245,728 276,444 315,936 368,592 552,888 737,184 1,105,776 and 2,211,552, with no remainder.

Since 2,211,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,211,552, 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).