Q: Is 2,234,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,234,120 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 2,234,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 79 101 140 158 202 280 316 395 404 505 553 632 707 790 808 1,010 1,106 1,414 1,580 2,020 2,212 2,765 2,828 3,160 3,535 4,040 4,424 5,530 5,656 7,070 7,979 11,060 14,140 15,958 22,120 28,280 31,916 39,895 55,853 63,832 79,790 111,706 159,580 223,412 279,265 319,160 446,824 558,530 1,117,060 and 2,234,120, with no remainder.

Since 2,234,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,234,120, 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).