Q: Is 2,249,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,249,568 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 2,249,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 73 96 107 144 146 214 219 288 292 321 428 438 584 642 657 856 876 963 1,168 1,284 1,314 1,712 1,752 1,926 2,336 2,568 2,628 3,424 3,504 3,852 5,136 5,256 7,008 7,704 7,811 10,272 10,512 15,408 15,622 21,024 23,433 30,816 31,244 46,866 62,488 70,299 93,732 124,976 140,598 187,464 249,952 281,196 374,928 562,392 749,856 1,124,784 and 2,249,568, with no remainder.

Since 2,249,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,249,568, 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).