Q: Is 2,245,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,245,848 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 2,245,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 47 66 88 94 132 141 181 188 264 282 362 376 517 543 564 724 1,034 1,086 1,128 1,448 1,551 1,991 2,068 2,172 3,102 3,982 4,136 4,344 5,973 6,204 7,964 8,507 11,946 12,408 15,928 17,014 23,892 25,521 34,028 47,784 51,042 68,056 93,577 102,084 187,154 204,168 280,731 374,308 561,462 748,616 1,122,924 and 2,245,848, with no remainder.

Since 2,245,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,245,848, 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).