Q: Is 2,413,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,413,224 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 2,413,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 72 88 99 121 132 198 242 264 277 363 396 484 554 726 792 831 968 1,089 1,108 1,452 1,662 2,178 2,216 2,493 2,904 3,047 3,324 4,356 4,986 6,094 6,648 8,712 9,141 9,972 12,188 18,282 19,944 24,376 27,423 33,517 36,564 54,846 67,034 73,128 100,551 109,692 134,068 201,102 219,384 268,136 301,653 402,204 603,306 804,408 1,206,612 and 2,413,224, with no remainder.

Since 2,413,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,413,224, 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).