Q: Is 2,227,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,227,992 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 2,227,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 37 39 52 74 78 104 111 148 156 193 222 296 312 386 444 481 579 772 888 962 1,158 1,443 1,544 1,924 2,316 2,509 2,886 3,848 4,632 5,018 5,772 7,141 7,527 10,036 11,544 14,282 15,054 20,072 21,423 28,564 30,108 42,846 57,128 60,216 85,692 92,833 171,384 185,666 278,499 371,332 556,998 742,664 1,113,996 and 2,227,992, with no remainder.

Since 2,227,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,227,992, 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).