Q: Is 2,201,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,201,124 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 2,201,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 31 61 62 93 97 122 124 183 186 194 244 291 366 372 388 582 732 1,164 1,891 3,007 3,782 5,673 5,917 6,014 7,564 9,021 11,346 11,834 12,028 17,751 18,042 22,692 23,668 35,502 36,084 71,004 183,427 366,854 550,281 733,708 1,100,562 and 2,201,124, with no remainder.

Since 2,201,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,201,124, 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).