Q: Is 2,038,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,038,860 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 2,038,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 47 60 90 94 141 180 188 235 241 282 423 470 482 564 705 723 846 940 964 1,205 1,410 1,446 1,692 2,115 2,169 2,410 2,820 2,892 3,615 4,230 4,338 4,820 7,230 8,460 8,676 10,845 11,327 14,460 21,690 22,654 33,981 43,380 45,308 56,635 67,962 101,943 113,270 135,924 169,905 203,886 226,540 339,810 407,772 509,715 679,620 1,019,430 and 2,038,860, with no remainder.

Since 2,038,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,038,860, 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).