Q: Is 2,420,418 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,420,418 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 2,420,418 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 31 33 39 42 62 66 77 78 91 93 143 154 169 182 186 217 231 273 286 338 341 403 429 434 462 507 546 651 682 806 858 1,001 1,014 1,023 1,183 1,209 1,302 1,859 2,002 2,046 2,366 2,387 2,418 2,821 3,003 3,549 3,718 4,433 4,774 5,239 5,577 5,642 6,006 7,098 7,161 8,463 8,866 10,478 11,154 13,013 13,299 14,322 15,717 16,926 26,026 26,598 31,031 31,434 36,673 39,039 57,629 62,062 73,346 78,078 93,093 110,019 115,258 172,887 186,186 220,038 345,774 403,403 806,806 1,210,209 and 2,420,418, with no remainder.

Since 2,420,418 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,420,418, 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).