Q: Is 2,396,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,396,268 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 2,396,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 37 42 63 74 84 111 126 148 222 252 257 259 333 444 514 518 666 771 777 1,028 1,036 1,332 1,542 1,554 1,799 2,313 2,331 3,084 3,108 3,598 4,626 4,662 5,397 7,196 9,252 9,324 9,509 10,794 16,191 19,018 21,588 28,527 32,382 38,036 57,054 64,764 66,563 85,581 114,108 133,126 171,162 199,689 266,252 342,324 399,378 599,067 798,756 1,198,134 and 2,396,268, with no remainder.

Since 2,396,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,396,268, 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).