Q: Is 2,292,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,292,624 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 2,292,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 36 48 54 58 61 72 81 87 108 116 122 144 162 174 183 216 232 244 261 324 348 366 432 464 488 522 549 648 696 732 783 976 1,044 1,098 1,296 1,392 1,464 1,566 1,647 1,769 2,088 2,196 2,349 2,928 3,132 3,294 3,538 4,176 4,392 4,698 4,941 5,307 6,264 6,588 7,076 8,784 9,396 9,882 10,614 12,528 13,176 14,152 15,921 18,792 19,764 21,228 26,352 28,304 31,842 37,584 39,528 42,456 47,763 63,684 79,056 84,912 95,526 127,368 143,289 191,052 254,736 286,578 382,104 573,156 764,208 1,146,312 and 2,292,624, with no remainder.

Since 2,292,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,292,624, 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).