Q: Is 2,235,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,235,648 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 2,235,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 41 48 64 71 82 96 123 128 142 164 192 213 246 256 284 328 384 426 492 568 656 768 852 984 1,136 1,312 1,704 1,968 2,272 2,624 2,911 3,408 3,936 4,544 5,248 5,822 6,816 7,872 8,733 9,088 10,496 11,644 13,632 15,744 17,466 18,176 23,288 27,264 31,488 34,932 46,576 54,528 69,864 93,152 139,728 186,304 279,456 372,608 558,912 745,216 1,117,824 and 2,235,648, with no remainder.

Since 2,235,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,235,648, 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).