Q: Is 2,044,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,044,840 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 2,044,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 67 70 109 134 140 218 268 280 335 436 469 536 545 670 763 872 938 1,090 1,340 1,526 1,876 2,180 2,345 2,680 3,052 3,752 3,815 4,360 4,690 6,104 7,303 7,630 9,380 14,606 15,260 18,760 29,212 30,520 36,515 51,121 58,424 73,030 102,242 146,060 204,484 255,605 292,120 408,968 511,210 1,022,420 and 2,044,840, with no remainder.

Since 2,044,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,044,840, 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).