Q: Is 2,307,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,307,228 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 2,307,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 84 121 132 154 227 231 242 308 363 454 462 484 681 726 847 908 924 1,362 1,452 1,589 1,694 2,497 2,541 2,724 3,178 3,388 4,767 4,994 5,082 6,356 7,491 9,534 9,988 10,164 14,982 17,479 19,068 27,467 29,964 34,958 52,437 54,934 69,916 82,401 104,874 109,868 164,802 192,269 209,748 329,604 384,538 576,807 769,076 1,153,614 and 2,307,228, with no remainder.

Since 2,307,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,307,228, 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).