Q: Is 2,311,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,311,008 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 2,311,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 32 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 96 112 114 133 152 168 181 224 228 266 304 336 362 399 456 532 543 608 672 724 798 912 1,064 1,086 1,267 1,448 1,596 1,824 2,128 2,172 2,534 2,896 3,192 3,439 3,801 4,256 4,344 5,068 5,792 6,384 6,878 7,602 8,688 10,136 10,317 12,768 13,756 15,204 17,376 20,272 20,634 24,073 27,512 30,408 40,544 41,268 48,146 55,024 60,816 72,219 82,536 96,292 110,048 121,632 144,438 165,072 192,584 288,876 330,144 385,168 577,752 770,336 1,155,504 and 2,311,008, with no remainder.

Since 2,311,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,311,008, 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).