Q: Is 2,124,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,124,240 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 2,124,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 53 60 80 106 120 159 167 212 240 265 318 334 424 501 530 636 668 795 835 848 1,002 1,060 1,272 1,336 1,590 1,670 2,004 2,120 2,505 2,544 2,672 3,180 3,340 4,008 4,240 5,010 6,360 6,680 8,016 8,851 10,020 12,720 13,360 17,702 20,040 26,553 35,404 40,080 44,255 53,106 70,808 88,510 106,212 132,765 141,616 177,020 212,424 265,530 354,040 424,848 531,060 708,080 1,062,120 and 2,124,240, with no remainder.

Since 2,124,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,124,240, 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).