Q: Is 2,264,262 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,264,262 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 2,264,262 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 29 33 39 42 58 66 77 78 87 91 143 154 169 174 182 203 231 273 286 319 338 377 406 429 462 507 546 609 638 754 858 957 1,001 1,014 1,131 1,183 1,218 1,859 1,914 2,002 2,233 2,262 2,366 2,639 3,003 3,549 3,718 4,147 4,466 4,901 5,278 5,577 6,006 6,699 7,098 7,917 8,294 9,802 11,154 12,441 13,013 13,398 14,703 15,834 24,882 26,026 29,029 29,406 34,307 39,039 53,911 58,058 68,614 78,078 87,087 102,921 107,822 161,733 174,174 205,842 323,466 377,377 754,754 1,132,131 and 2,264,262, with no remainder.

Since 2,264,262 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,264,262, 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).