Q: Is 2,212,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,212,760 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 2,212,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 47 55 88 94 107 110 188 214 220 235 376 428 440 470 517 535 856 940 1,034 1,070 1,177 1,880 2,068 2,140 2,354 2,585 4,136 4,280 4,708 5,029 5,170 5,885 9,416 10,058 10,340 11,770 20,116 20,680 23,540 25,145 40,232 47,080 50,290 55,319 100,580 110,638 201,160 221,276 276,595 442,552 553,190 1,106,380 and 2,212,760, with no remainder.

Since 2,212,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,212,760, 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).