Q: Is 2,218,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,218,920 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 2,218,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 41 44 55 60 66 82 88 110 120 123 132 164 165 205 220 246 264 328 330 410 440 451 492 615 660 820 902 984 1,230 1,320 1,353 1,640 1,681 1,804 2,255 2,460 2,706 3,362 3,608 4,510 4,920 5,043 5,412 6,724 6,765 8,405 9,020 10,086 10,824 13,448 13,530 16,810 18,040 18,491 20,172 25,215 27,060 33,620 36,982 40,344 50,430 54,120 55,473 67,240 73,964 92,455 100,860 110,946 147,928 184,910 201,720 221,892 277,365 369,820 443,784 554,730 739,640 1,109,460 and 2,218,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,218,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,218,920, 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).