Q: Is 2,243,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,243,208 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 2,243,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 29 33 44 58 66 87 88 116 132 174 232 264 293 319 348 586 638 696 879 957 1,172 1,276 1,758 1,914 2,344 2,552 3,223 3,516 3,828 6,446 7,032 7,656 8,497 9,669 12,892 16,994 19,338 25,491 25,784 33,988 38,676 50,982 67,976 77,352 93,467 101,964 186,934 203,928 280,401 373,868 560,802 747,736 1,121,604 and 2,243,208, with no remainder.

Since 2,243,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,243,208, 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).