Q: Is 2,237,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,237,040 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 2,237,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 24 26 30 36 39 40 45 48 52 60 65 72 78 80 90 104 117 120 130 144 156 180 195 208 234 239 240 260 312 360 390 468 478 520 585 624 717 720 780 936 956 1,040 1,170 1,195 1,434 1,560 1,872 1,912 2,151 2,340 2,390 2,868 3,107 3,120 3,585 3,824 4,302 4,680 4,780 5,736 6,214 7,170 8,604 9,321 9,360 9,560 10,755 11,472 12,428 14,340 15,535 17,208 18,642 19,120 21,510 24,856 27,963 28,680 31,070 34,416 37,284 43,020 46,605 49,712 55,926 57,360 62,140 74,568 86,040 93,210 111,852 124,280 139,815 149,136 172,080 186,420 223,704 248,560 279,630 372,840 447,408 559,260 745,680 1,118,520 and 2,237,040, with no remainder.

Since 2,237,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,237,040, 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).