Q: Is 2,337,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,337,768 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 2,337,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 79 108 137 158 216 237 274 316 411 474 548 632 711 822 948 1,096 1,233 1,422 1,644 1,896 2,133 2,466 2,844 3,288 3,699 4,266 4,932 5,688 7,398 8,532 9,864 10,823 14,796 17,064 21,646 29,592 32,469 43,292 64,938 86,584 97,407 129,876 194,814 259,752 292,221 389,628 584,442 779,256 1,168,884 and 2,337,768, with no remainder.

Since 2,337,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,337,768, 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).