Q: Is 2,446,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,446,444 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 2,446,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 47 52 77 91 94 143 154 169 182 188 286 308 329 338 364 517 572 611 658 676 1,001 1,034 1,183 1,222 1,316 1,859 2,002 2,068 2,366 2,444 3,619 3,718 4,004 4,277 4,732 6,721 7,238 7,436 7,943 8,554 13,013 13,442 14,476 15,886 17,108 26,026 26,884 31,772 47,047 52,052 55,601 87,373 94,094 111,202 174,746 188,188 222,404 349,492 611,611 1,223,222 and 2,446,444, with no remainder.

Since 2,446,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,446,444, 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).