Q: Is 2,343,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,343,264 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 2,343,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 317 336 352 462 528 616 634 672 924 951 1,056 1,232 1,268 1,848 1,902 2,219 2,464 2,536 3,487 3,696 3,804 4,438 5,072 6,657 6,974 7,392 7,608 8,876 10,144 10,461 13,314 13,948 15,216 17,752 20,922 24,409 26,628 27,896 30,432 35,504 41,844 48,818 53,256 55,792 71,008 73,227 83,688 97,636 106,512 111,584 146,454 167,376 195,272 213,024 292,908 334,752 390,544 585,816 781,088 1,171,632 and 2,343,264, with no remainder.

Since 2,343,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,343,264, 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).