Q: Is 2,340,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,340,184 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 2,340,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 29 44 56 58 77 88 116 131 154 203 232 262 308 319 406 524 616 638 812 917 1,048 1,276 1,441 1,624 1,834 2,233 2,552 2,882 3,668 3,799 4,466 5,764 7,336 7,598 8,932 10,087 11,528 15,196 17,864 20,174 26,593 30,392 40,348 41,789 53,186 80,696 83,578 106,372 167,156 212,744 292,523 334,312 585,046 1,170,092 and 2,340,184, with no remainder.

Since 2,340,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,340,184, 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).