Q: Is 2,481,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,481,336 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 2,481,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 156 198 234 241 264 286 312 396 429 468 482 572 723 792 858 936 964 1,144 1,287 1,446 1,716 1,928 2,169 2,574 2,651 2,892 3,133 3,432 4,338 5,148 5,302 5,784 6,266 7,953 8,676 9,399 10,296 10,604 12,532 15,906 17,352 18,798 21,208 23,859 25,064 28,197 31,812 34,463 37,596 47,718 56,394 63,624 68,926 75,192 95,436 103,389 112,788 137,852 190,872 206,778 225,576 275,704 310,167 413,556 620,334 827,112 1,240,668 and 2,481,336, with no remainder.

Since 2,481,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,481,336, 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).