Q: Is 2,197,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,197,920 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 2,197,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 96 114 120 152 160 190 228 240 241 285 304 380 456 480 482 570 608 723 760 912 964 1,140 1,205 1,446 1,520 1,824 1,928 2,280 2,410 2,892 3,040 3,615 3,856 4,560 4,579 4,820 5,784 7,230 7,712 9,120 9,158 9,640 11,568 13,737 14,460 18,316 19,280 22,895 23,136 27,474 28,920 36,632 38,560 45,790 54,948 57,840 68,685 73,264 91,580 109,896 115,680 137,370 146,528 183,160 219,792 274,740 366,320 439,584 549,480 732,640 1,098,960 and 2,197,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,197,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,197,920, 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).