Q: Is 2,151,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,151,720 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 2,151,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 60 72 86 90 120 129 139 172 180 215 258 278 344 360 387 417 430 516 556 645 695 774 834 860 1,032 1,112 1,251 1,290 1,390 1,548 1,668 1,720 1,935 2,085 2,502 2,580 2,780 3,096 3,336 3,870 4,170 5,004 5,160 5,560 5,977 6,255 7,740 8,340 10,008 11,954 12,510 15,480 16,680 17,931 23,908 25,020 29,885 35,862 47,816 50,040 53,793 59,770 71,724 89,655 107,586 119,540 143,448 179,310 215,172 239,080 268,965 358,620 430,344 537,930 717,240 1,075,860 and 2,151,720, with no remainder.

Since 2,151,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,151,720, 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).