Q: Is 2,288,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,288,880 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 2,288,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 30 33 34 36 40 44 45 48 51 55 60 66 68 72 80 85 88 90 99 102 110 120 132 136 144 153 165 170 176 180 187 198 204 220 240 255 264 272 289 306 330 340 360 374 396 408 440 495 510 528 561 578 612 660 680 720 748 765 792 816 867 880 935 990 1,020 1,122 1,156 1,224 1,320 1,360 1,445 1,496 1,530 1,584 1,683 1,734 1,870 1,980 2,040 2,244 2,312 2,448 2,601 2,640 2,805 2,890 2,992 3,060 3,179 3,366 3,468 3,740 3,960 4,080 4,335 4,488 4,624 5,202 5,610 5,780 6,120 6,358 6,732 6,936 7,480 7,920 8,415 8,670 8,976 9,537 10,404 11,220 11,560 12,240 12,716 13,005 13,464 13,872 14,960 15,895 16,830 17,340 19,074 20,808 22,440 23,120 25,432 26,010 26,928 28,611 31,790 33,660 34,680 38,148 41,616 44,880 47,685 50,864 52,020 57,222 63,580 67,320 69,360 76,296 95,370 104,040 114,444 127,160 134,640 143,055 152,592 190,740 208,080 228,888 254,320 286,110 381,480 457,776 572,220 762,960 1,144,440 and 2,288,880, with no remainder.

Since 2,288,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,288,880, 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).