Q: Is 2,390,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,390,472 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 2,390,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 27 28 31 34 36 42 51 54 56 62 63 68 72 81 84 93 102 108 119 124 126 136 153 162 168 186 189 204 216 217 238 248 252 279 306 324 357 372 378 408 434 459 476 504 527 558 567 612 648 651 714 744 756 837 868 918 952 1,054 1,071 1,116 1,134 1,224 1,302 1,377 1,428 1,512 1,581 1,674 1,736 1,836 1,953 2,108 2,142 2,232 2,268 2,511 2,604 2,754 2,856 3,162 3,213 3,348 3,672 3,689 3,906 4,216 4,284 4,536 4,743 5,022 5,208 5,508 5,859 6,324 6,426 6,696 7,378 7,812 8,568 9,486 9,639 10,044 11,016 11,067 11,718 12,648 12,852 14,229 14,756 15,624 17,577 18,972 19,278 20,088 22,134 23,436 25,704 28,458 29,512 33,201 35,154 37,944 38,556 42,687 44,268 46,872 56,916 66,402 70,308 77,112 85,374 88,536 99,603 113,832 132,804 140,616 170,748 199,206 265,608 298,809 341,496 398,412 597,618 796,824 1,195,236 and 2,390,472, with no remainder.

Since 2,390,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,390,472, 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).