Q: Is 2,122,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,122,272 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 2,122,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 7,369 14,738 22,107 29,476 44,214 58,952 66,321 88,428 117,904 132,642 176,856 235,808 265,284 353,712 530,568 707,424 1,061,136 and 2,122,272, with no remainder.

Since 2,122,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,122,272, 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).