Q: Is 2,219,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,219,832 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 2,219,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 72 86 108 129 172 216 239 258 344 387 478 516 717 774 956 1,032 1,161 1,434 1,548 1,912 2,151 2,322 2,868 3,096 4,302 4,644 5,736 6,453 8,604 9,288 10,277 12,906 17,208 20,554 25,812 30,831 41,108 51,624 61,662 82,216 92,493 123,324 184,986 246,648 277,479 369,972 554,958 739,944 1,109,916 and 2,219,832, with no remainder.

Since 2,219,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,219,832, 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).