Q: Is 2,361,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,361,312 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 2,361,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 864 911 1,296 1,822 2,592 2,733 3,644 5,466 7,288 8,199 10,932 14,576 16,398 21,864 24,597 29,152 32,796 43,728 49,194 65,592 73,791 87,456 98,388 131,184 147,582 196,776 262,368 295,164 393,552 590,328 787,104 1,180,656 and 2,361,312, with no remainder.

Since 2,361,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,361,312, 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).