Q: Is 2,622,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,622,456 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 2,622,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 71 72 76 81 108 114 142 152 162 171 213 216 228 243 284 324 342 426 456 486 513 568 639 648 684 852 972 1,026 1,278 1,349 1,368 1,539 1,704 1,917 1,944 2,052 2,556 2,698 3,078 3,834 4,047 4,104 4,617 5,112 5,396 5,751 6,156 7,668 8,094 9,234 10,792 11,502 12,141 12,312 15,336 16,188 17,253 18,468 23,004 24,282 32,376 34,506 36,423 36,936 46,008 48,564 69,012 72,846 97,128 109,269 138,024 145,692 218,538 291,384 327,807 437,076 655,614 874,152 1,311,228 and 2,622,456, with no remainder.

Since 2,622,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,622,456, 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).