Q: Is 2,195,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,195,960 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 2,195,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 41 52 65 82 103 104 130 164 205 206 260 328 410 412 515 520 533 820 824 1,030 1,066 1,339 1,640 2,060 2,132 2,665 2,678 4,120 4,223 4,264 5,330 5,356 6,695 8,446 10,660 10,712 13,390 16,892 21,115 21,320 26,780 33,784 42,230 53,560 54,899 84,460 109,798 168,920 219,596 274,495 439,192 548,990 1,097,980 and 2,195,960, with no remainder.

Since 2,195,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,195,960, 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).