Q: Is 2,247,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,247,624 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 2,247,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 31 36 38 53 57 62 72 76 93 106 114 124 152 159 171 186 212 228 248 279 318 342 372 424 456 477 558 589 636 684 744 954 1,007 1,116 1,178 1,272 1,368 1,643 1,767 1,908 2,014 2,232 2,356 3,021 3,286 3,534 3,816 4,028 4,712 4,929 5,301 6,042 6,572 7,068 8,056 9,063 9,858 10,602 12,084 13,144 14,136 14,787 18,126 19,716 21,204 24,168 29,574 31,217 36,252 39,432 42,408 59,148 62,434 72,504 93,651 118,296 124,868 187,302 249,736 280,953 374,604 561,906 749,208 1,123,812 and 2,247,624, with no remainder.

Since 2,247,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,247,624, 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).