Q: Is 2,421,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,421,432 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 2,421,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 169 199 234 312 338 398 468 507 597 676 796 936 1,014 1,194 1,352 1,521 1,592 1,791 2,028 2,388 2,587 3,042 3,582 4,056 4,776 5,174 6,084 7,164 7,761 10,348 12,168 14,328 15,522 20,696 23,283 31,044 33,631 46,566 62,088 67,262 93,132 100,893 134,524 186,264 201,786 269,048 302,679 403,572 605,358 807,144 1,210,716 and 2,421,432, with no remainder.

Since 2,421,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,421,432, 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).