Q: Is 2,929,122 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,929,122 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 2,929,122 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 41 42 49 54 63 81 82 98 123 126 147 162 189 243 246 287 294 369 378 441 486 567 574 729 738 861 882 1,107 1,134 1,323 1,458 1,701 1,722 2,009 2,214 2,583 2,646 3,321 3,402 3,969 4,018 5,103 5,166 6,027 6,642 7,749 7,938 9,963 10,206 11,907 12,054 15,498 18,081 19,926 23,247 23,814 29,889 35,721 36,162 46,494 54,243 59,778 69,741 71,442 108,486 139,482 162,729 209,223 325,458 418,446 488,187 976,374 1,464,561 and 2,929,122, with no remainder.

Since 2,929,122 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,929,122, 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).