Q: Is 2,214,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,214,216 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 2,214,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 67 68 72 81 102 108 134 136 153 162 201 204 216 243 268 306 324 402 408 459 486 536 603 612 648 804 918 972 1,139 1,206 1,224 1,377 1,608 1,809 1,836 1,944 2,278 2,412 2,754 3,417 3,618 3,672 4,131 4,556 4,824 5,427 5,508 6,834 7,236 8,262 9,112 10,251 10,854 11,016 13,668 14,472 16,281 16,524 20,502 21,708 27,336 30,753 32,562 33,048 41,004 43,416 61,506 65,124 82,008 92,259 123,012 130,248 184,518 246,024 276,777 369,036 553,554 738,072 1,107,108 and 2,214,216, with no remainder.

Since 2,214,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,214,216, 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).