Q: Is 2,237,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,237,160 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 2,237,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 103 120 181 206 309 362 412 515 543 618 724 824 905 1,030 1,086 1,236 1,448 1,545 1,810 2,060 2,172 2,472 2,715 3,090 3,620 4,120 4,344 5,430 6,180 7,240 10,860 12,360 18,643 21,720 37,286 55,929 74,572 93,215 111,858 149,144 186,430 223,716 279,645 372,860 447,432 559,290 745,720 1,118,580 and 2,237,160, with no remainder.

Since 2,237,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,237,160, 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).