Q: Is 2,503,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,503,116 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 2,503,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 43 44 49 54 63 66 77 84 86 98 99 108 126 129 132 147 154 172 189 196 198 231 252 258 294 297 301 308 378 387 396 441 462 473 516 539 588 594 602 693 756 774 882 903 924 946 1,078 1,161 1,188 1,204 1,323 1,386 1,419 1,548 1,617 1,764 1,806 1,892 2,079 2,107 2,156 2,322 2,646 2,709 2,772 2,838 3,234 3,311 3,612 4,158 4,214 4,257 4,644 4,851 5,292 5,418 5,676 6,321 6,468 6,622 8,127 8,316 8,428 8,514 9,702 9,933 10,836 12,642 12,771 13,244 14,553 16,254 17,028 18,963 19,404 19,866 23,177 25,284 25,542 29,106 29,799 32,508 37,926 39,732 46,354 51,084 56,889 58,212 59,598 69,531 75,852 89,397 92,708 113,778 119,196 139,062 178,794 208,593 227,556 278,124 357,588 417,186 625,779 834,372 1,251,558 and 2,503,116, with no remainder.

Since 2,503,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,503,116, 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).