Q: Is 2,669,238 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,669,238 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 2,669,238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 17 18 22 26 33 34 39 51 61 66 78 99 102 117 122 143 153 183 187 198 221 234 286 306 366 374 429 442 549 561 663 671 793 858 1,037 1,098 1,122 1,287 1,326 1,342 1,586 1,683 1,989 2,013 2,074 2,379 2,431 2,574 3,111 3,366 3,978 4,026 4,758 4,862 6,039 6,222 7,137 7,293 8,723 9,333 11,407 12,078 13,481 14,274 14,586 17,446 18,666 21,879 22,814 26,169 26,962 34,221 40,443 43,758 52,338 68,442 78,507 80,886 102,663 121,329 148,291 157,014 205,326 242,658 296,582 444,873 889,746 1,334,619 and 2,669,238, with no remainder.

Since 2,669,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,669,238, 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).