Q: Is 2,361,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,361,456 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 2,361,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 31 36 46 48 62 69 72 92 93 124 138 144 184 186 207 248 276 279 368 372 414 496 529 552 558 713 744 828 1,058 1,104 1,116 1,426 1,488 1,587 1,656 2,116 2,139 2,232 2,852 3,174 3,312 4,232 4,278 4,464 4,761 5,704 6,348 6,417 8,464 8,556 9,522 11,408 12,696 12,834 16,399 17,112 19,044 25,392 25,668 32,798 34,224 38,088 49,197 51,336 65,596 76,176 98,394 102,672 131,192 147,591 196,788 262,384 295,182 393,576 590,364 787,152 1,180,728 and 2,361,456, with no remainder.

Since 2,361,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,361,456, 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).