Q: Is 2,221,956 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,221,956 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 2,221,956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 31 33 36 44 62 66 93 99 124 132 181 186 198 279 341 362 372 396 543 558 682 724 1,023 1,086 1,116 1,364 1,629 1,991 2,046 2,172 3,069 3,258 3,982 4,092 5,611 5,973 6,138 6,516 7,964 11,222 11,946 12,276 16,833 17,919 22,444 23,892 33,666 35,838 50,499 61,721 67,332 71,676 100,998 123,442 185,163 201,996 246,884 370,326 555,489 740,652 1,110,978 and 2,221,956, with no remainder.

Since 2,221,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,221,956, 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).