Q: Is 2,418,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,418,416 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 2,418,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 91 104 112 143 151 154 176 182 208 286 302 308 364 572 604 616 728 1,001 1,057 1,144 1,208 1,232 1,456 1,661 1,963 2,002 2,114 2,288 2,416 3,322 3,926 4,004 4,228 6,644 7,852 8,008 8,456 11,627 13,288 13,741 15,704 16,016 16,912 21,593 23,254 26,576 27,482 31,408 43,186 46,508 54,964 86,372 93,016 109,928 151,151 172,744 186,032 219,856 302,302 345,488 604,604 1,209,208 and 2,418,416, with no remainder.

Since 2,418,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,418,416, 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).