Q: Is 2,344,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,344,464 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 2,344,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 67 72 81 108 134 144 162 201 216 243 268 324 402 432 486 536 603 648 729 804 972 1,072 1,206 1,296 1,458 1,608 1,809 1,944 2,187 2,412 2,916 3,216 3,618 3,888 4,374 4,824 5,427 5,832 7,236 8,748 9,648 10,854 11,664 14,472 16,281 17,496 21,708 28,944 32,562 34,992 43,416 48,843 65,124 86,832 97,686 130,248 146,529 195,372 260,496 293,058 390,744 586,116 781,488 1,172,232 and 2,344,464, with no remainder.

Since 2,344,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,344,464, 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).