Q: Is 2,331,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,331,096 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 2,331,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 41 46 69 82 92 103 123 138 164 184 206 246 276 309 328 412 492 552 618 824 943 984 1,236 1,886 2,369 2,472 2,829 3,772 4,223 4,738 5,658 7,107 7,544 8,446 9,476 11,316 12,669 14,214 16,892 18,952 22,632 25,338 28,428 33,784 50,676 56,856 97,129 101,352 194,258 291,387 388,516 582,774 777,032 1,165,548 and 2,331,096, with no remainder.

Since 2,331,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,331,096, 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).