Q: Is 2,324,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,324,840 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 2,324,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 19 20 23 28 35 38 40 46 56 70 76 92 95 115 133 140 152 161 184 190 230 266 280 322 361 380 437 460 532 644 665 722 760 805 874 920 1,064 1,288 1,330 1,444 1,610 1,748 1,805 2,185 2,527 2,660 2,888 3,059 3,220 3,496 3,610 4,370 5,054 5,320 6,118 6,440 7,220 8,303 8,740 10,108 12,236 12,635 14,440 15,295 16,606 17,480 20,216 24,472 25,270 30,590 33,212 41,515 50,540 58,121 61,180 66,424 83,030 101,080 116,242 122,360 166,060 232,484 290,605 332,120 464,968 581,210 1,162,420 and 2,324,840, with no remainder.

Since 2,324,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,324,840, 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).