Q: Is 2,223,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,223,840 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 2,223,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 41 48 60 80 82 96 113 120 123 160 164 205 226 240 246 328 339 410 452 480 492 565 615 656 678 820 904 984 1,130 1,230 1,312 1,356 1,640 1,695 1,808 1,968 2,260 2,460 2,712 3,280 3,390 3,616 3,936 4,520 4,633 4,920 5,424 6,560 6,780 9,040 9,266 9,840 10,848 13,560 13,899 18,080 18,532 19,680 23,165 27,120 27,798 37,064 46,330 54,240 55,596 69,495 74,128 92,660 111,192 138,990 148,256 185,320 222,384 277,980 370,640 444,768 555,960 741,280 1,111,920 and 2,223,840, with no remainder.

Since 2,223,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,223,840, 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).