Q: Is 2,601,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,601,368 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 2,601,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 41 44 56 77 82 88 103 154 164 206 287 308 328 412 451 574 616 721 824 902 1,133 1,148 1,442 1,804 2,266 2,296 2,884 3,157 3,608 4,223 4,532 5,768 6,314 7,931 8,446 9,064 12,628 15,862 16,892 25,256 29,561 31,724 33,784 46,453 59,122 63,448 92,906 118,244 185,812 236,488 325,171 371,624 650,342 1,300,684 and 2,601,368, with no remainder.

Since 2,601,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,601,368, 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).