Q: Is 2,424,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,424,168 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 2,424,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 29 36 43 54 58 72 81 86 87 108 116 129 162 172 174 216 232 243 258 261 324 344 348 387 486 516 522 648 696 774 783 972 1,032 1,044 1,161 1,247 1,548 1,566 1,944 2,088 2,322 2,349 2,494 3,096 3,132 3,483 3,741 4,644 4,698 4,988 6,264 6,966 7,047 7,482 9,288 9,396 9,976 10,449 11,223 13,932 14,094 14,964 18,792 20,898 22,446 27,864 28,188 29,928 33,669 41,796 44,892 56,376 67,338 83,592 89,784 101,007 134,676 202,014 269,352 303,021 404,028 606,042 808,056 1,212,084 and 2,424,168, with no remainder.

Since 2,424,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,424,168, 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).