Q: Is 2,217,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,217,432 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 2,217,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 67 84 134 168 197 201 268 394 402 469 536 591 788 804 938 1,182 1,379 1,407 1,576 1,608 1,876 2,364 2,758 2,814 3,752 4,137 4,728 5,516 5,628 8,274 11,032 11,256 13,199 16,548 26,398 33,096 39,597 52,796 79,194 92,393 105,592 158,388 184,786 277,179 316,776 369,572 554,358 739,144 1,108,716 and 2,217,432, with no remainder.

Since 2,217,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,217,432, 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).