Q: Is 2,225,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,225,328 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 2,225,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 56 74 84 111 112 148 168 179 222 259 296 336 358 444 518 537 592 716 777 888 1,036 1,074 1,253 1,432 1,554 1,776 2,072 2,148 2,506 2,864 3,108 3,759 4,144 4,296 5,012 6,216 6,623 7,518 8,592 10,024 12,432 13,246 15,036 19,869 20,048 26,492 30,072 39,738 46,361 52,984 60,144 79,476 92,722 105,968 139,083 158,952 185,444 278,166 317,904 370,888 556,332 741,776 1,112,664 and 2,225,328, with no remainder.

Since 2,225,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,225,328, 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).