Q: Is 2,247,084 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,247,084 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 2,247,084 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 37 42 63 74 84 111 126 148 222 241 252 259 333 444 482 518 666 723 777 964 1,036 1,332 1,446 1,554 1,687 2,169 2,331 2,892 3,108 3,374 4,338 4,662 5,061 6,748 8,676 8,917 9,324 10,122 15,183 17,834 20,244 26,751 30,366 35,668 53,502 60,732 62,419 80,253 107,004 124,838 160,506 187,257 249,676 321,012 374,514 561,771 749,028 1,123,542 and 2,247,084, with no remainder.

Since 2,247,084 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,247,084, 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).