Q: Is 2,297,988 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,297,988 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 2,297,988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 28 33 36 42 44 63 66 77 84 99 126 132 154 198 231 252 308 396 462 693 829 924 1,386 1,658 2,487 2,772 3,316 4,974 5,803 7,461 9,119 9,948 11,606 14,922 17,409 18,238 23,212 27,357 29,844 34,818 36,476 52,227 54,714 63,833 69,636 82,071 104,454 109,428 127,666 164,142 191,499 208,908 255,332 328,284 382,998 574,497 765,996 1,148,994 and 2,297,988, with no remainder.

Since 2,297,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,297,988, 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).