Q: Is 2,370,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,370,888 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 2,370,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 117 136 149 153 156 204 221 234 298 306 312 408 442 447 468 596 612 663 884 894 936 1,192 1,224 1,326 1,341 1,768 1,788 1,937 1,989 2,533 2,652 2,682 3,576 3,874 3,978 5,066 5,304 5,364 5,811 7,599 7,748 7,956 10,132 10,728 11,622 15,198 15,496 15,912 17,433 20,264 22,797 23,244 30,396 32,929 34,866 45,594 46,488 60,792 65,858 69,732 91,188 98,787 131,716 139,464 182,376 197,574 263,432 296,361 395,148 592,722 790,296 1,185,444 and 2,370,888, with no remainder.

Since 2,370,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,370,888, 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).