Q: Is 2,260,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,260,272 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 2,260,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 42 48 49 56 62 84 93 98 112 124 147 168 186 196 217 248 294 336 372 392 434 496 588 651 744 784 868 961 1,176 1,302 1,488 1,519 1,736 1,922 2,352 2,604 2,883 3,038 3,472 3,844 4,557 5,208 5,766 6,076 6,727 7,688 9,114 10,416 11,532 12,152 13,454 15,376 18,228 20,181 23,064 24,304 26,908 36,456 40,362 46,128 47,089 53,816 72,912 80,724 94,178 107,632 141,267 161,448 188,356 282,534 322,896 376,712 565,068 753,424 1,130,136 and 2,260,272, with no remainder.

Since 2,260,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,260,272, 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).