Q: Is 2,263,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,263,248 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 2,263,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 31 36 39 48 52 54 62 72 78 93 104 108 117 124 144 156 169 186 208 216 234 248 279 312 338 351 372 403 432 468 496 507 558 624 676 702 744 806 837 936 1,014 1,116 1,209 1,352 1,404 1,488 1,521 1,612 1,674 1,872 2,028 2,232 2,418 2,704 2,808 3,042 3,224 3,348 3,627 4,056 4,464 4,563 4,836 5,239 5,616 6,084 6,448 6,696 7,254 8,112 9,126 9,672 10,478 10,881 12,168 13,392 14,508 15,717 18,252 19,344 20,956 21,762 24,336 29,016 31,434 36,504 41,912 43,524 47,151 58,032 62,868 73,008 83,824 87,048 94,302 125,736 141,453 174,096 188,604 251,472 282,906 377,208 565,812 754,416 1,131,624 and 2,263,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,263,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,263,248, 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).