Q: Is 2,373,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,373,408 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 2,373,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 41 48 54 67 72 82 96 108 123 134 144 164 201 216 246 268 288 328 369 402 432 492 536 603 656 738 804 864 984 1,072 1,107 1,206 1,312 1,476 1,608 1,809 1,968 2,144 2,214 2,412 2,747 2,952 3,216 3,618 3,936 4,428 4,824 5,494 5,904 6,432 7,236 8,241 8,856 9,648 10,988 11,808 14,472 16,482 17,712 19,296 21,976 24,723 28,944 32,964 35,424 43,952 49,446 57,888 65,928 74,169 87,904 98,892 131,856 148,338 197,784 263,712 296,676 395,568 593,352 791,136 1,186,704 and 2,373,408, with no remainder.

Since 2,373,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,373,408, 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).