Q: Is 2,272,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,272,248 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 2,272,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 19 22 24 33 36 38 44 57 66 72 76 88 99 114 132 151 152 171 198 209 228 264 302 342 396 418 453 456 604 627 684 792 836 906 1,208 1,254 1,359 1,368 1,661 1,672 1,812 1,881 2,508 2,718 2,869 3,322 3,624 3,762 4,983 5,016 5,436 5,738 6,644 7,524 8,607 9,966 10,872 11,476 13,288 14,949 15,048 17,214 19,932 22,952 25,821 29,898 31,559 34,428 39,864 51,642 59,796 63,118 68,856 94,677 103,284 119,592 126,236 189,354 206,568 252,472 284,031 378,708 568,062 757,416 1,136,124 and 2,272,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,272,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,272,248, 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).