Q: Is 2,249,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,249,208 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 2,249,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 89 104 108 117 156 162 178 216 234 243 267 312 324 351 356 468 486 534 648 702 712 801 936 972 1,053 1,068 1,157 1,404 1,602 1,944 2,106 2,136 2,314 2,403 2,808 3,159 3,204 3,471 4,212 4,628 4,806 6,318 6,408 6,942 7,209 8,424 9,256 9,612 10,413 12,636 13,884 14,418 19,224 20,826 21,627 25,272 27,768 28,836 31,239 41,652 43,254 57,672 62,478 83,304 86,508 93,717 124,956 173,016 187,434 249,912 281,151 374,868 562,302 749,736 1,124,604 and 2,249,208, with no remainder.

Since 2,249,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,249,208, 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).