Q: Is 2,338,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,338,476 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 2,338,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 41 42 49 82 84 97 98 123 147 164 194 196 246 287 291 294 388 492 574 582 588 679 861 1,148 1,164 1,358 1,722 2,009 2,037 2,716 3,444 3,977 4,018 4,074 4,753 6,027 7,954 8,036 8,148 9,506 11,931 12,054 14,259 15,908 19,012 23,862 24,108 27,839 28,518 47,724 55,678 57,036 83,517 111,356 167,034 194,873 334,068 389,746 584,619 779,492 1,169,238 and 2,338,476, with no remainder.

Since 2,338,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,338,476, 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).