Q: Is 2,277,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,277,330 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 2,277,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 66 67 103 110 134 165 201 206 309 330 335 402 515 618 670 737 1,005 1,030 1,133 1,474 1,545 2,010 2,211 2,266 3,090 3,399 3,685 4,422 5,665 6,798 6,901 7,370 11,055 11,330 13,802 16,995 20,703 22,110 33,990 34,505 41,406 69,010 75,911 103,515 151,822 207,030 227,733 379,555 455,466 759,110 1,138,665 and 2,277,330, with no remainder.

Since 2,277,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,277,330, 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).