Q: Is 2,317,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,317,248 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 2,317,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 149 162 192 216 243 288 298 324 432 447 486 576 596 648 864 894 972 1,192 1,296 1,341 1,728 1,788 1,944 2,384 2,592 2,682 3,576 3,888 4,023 4,768 5,184 5,364 7,152 7,776 8,046 9,536 10,728 12,069 14,304 15,552 16,092 21,456 24,138 28,608 32,184 36,207 42,912 48,276 64,368 72,414 85,824 96,552 128,736 144,828 193,104 257,472 289,656 386,208 579,312 772,416 1,158,624 and 2,317,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,317,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,317,248, 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).