Q: Is 2,436,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,436,522 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 2,436,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 19 22 29 33 38 57 58 66 67 87 114 134 174 201 209 319 402 418 551 627 638 737 957 1,102 1,254 1,273 1,474 1,653 1,914 1,943 2,211 2,546 3,306 3,819 3,886 4,422 5,829 6,061 7,638 11,658 12,122 14,003 18,183 21,373 28,006 36,366 36,917 42,009 42,746 64,119 73,834 84,018 110,751 128,238 221,502 406,087 812,174 1,218,261 and 2,436,522, with no remainder.

Since 2,436,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,436,522, 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).