Q: Is 2,135,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,135,760 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 2,135,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 809 880 1,320 1,618 2,427 2,640 3,236 4,045 4,854 6,472 8,090 8,899 9,708 12,135 12,944 16,180 17,798 19,416 24,270 26,697 32,360 35,596 38,832 44,495 48,540 53,394 64,720 71,192 88,990 97,080 106,788 133,485 142,384 177,980 194,160 213,576 266,970 355,960 427,152 533,940 711,920 1,067,880 and 2,135,760, with no remainder.

Since 2,135,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,135,760, 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).