Q: Is 2,224,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,224,728 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 2,224,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 53 66 72 88 99 106 132 159 198 212 264 318 396 424 477 583 636 792 954 1,166 1,272 1,749 1,908 2,332 2,809 3,498 3,816 4,664 5,247 5,618 6,996 8,427 10,494 11,236 13,992 16,854 20,988 22,472 25,281 30,899 33,708 41,976 50,562 61,798 67,416 92,697 101,124 123,596 185,394 202,248 247,192 278,091 370,788 556,182 741,576 1,112,364 and 2,224,728, with no remainder.

Since 2,224,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,224,728, 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).