Q: Is 2,400,156 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,400,156 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 2,400,156 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 29 33 36 38 44 57 58 66 76 87 99 114 116 121 132 171 174 198 209 228 242 261 319 342 348 363 396 418 484 522 551 627 638 684 726 836 957 1,044 1,089 1,102 1,254 1,276 1,452 1,653 1,881 1,914 2,178 2,204 2,299 2,508 2,871 3,306 3,509 3,762 3,828 4,356 4,598 4,959 5,742 6,061 6,612 6,897 7,018 7,524 9,196 9,918 10,527 11,484 12,122 13,794 14,036 18,183 19,836 20,691 21,054 24,244 27,588 31,581 36,366 41,382 42,108 54,549 63,162 66,671 72,732 82,764 109,098 126,324 133,342 200,013 218,196 266,684 400,026 600,039 800,052 1,200,078 and 2,400,156, with no remainder.

Since 2,400,156 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,400,156, 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).