Q: Is 2,212,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,212,440 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 2,212,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 103 120 179 206 309 358 412 515 537 618 716 824 895 1,030 1,074 1,236 1,432 1,545 1,790 2,060 2,148 2,472 2,685 3,090 3,580 4,120 4,296 5,370 6,180 7,160 10,740 12,360 18,437 21,480 36,874 55,311 73,748 92,185 110,622 147,496 184,370 221,244 276,555 368,740 442,488 553,110 737,480 1,106,220 and 2,212,440, with no remainder.

Since 2,212,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,212,440, 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).