Q: Is 2,326,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,326,740 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 2,326,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 19 20 26 30 38 39 52 57 60 65 76 78 95 114 130 156 157 190 195 228 247 260 285 314 380 390 471 494 570 628 741 780 785 942 988 1,140 1,235 1,482 1,570 1,884 2,041 2,355 2,470 2,964 2,983 3,140 3,705 4,082 4,710 4,940 5,966 6,123 7,410 8,164 8,949 9,420 10,205 11,932 12,246 14,820 14,915 17,898 20,410 24,492 29,830 30,615 35,796 38,779 40,820 44,745 59,660 61,230 77,558 89,490 116,337 122,460 155,116 178,980 193,895 232,674 387,790 465,348 581,685 775,580 1,163,370 and 2,326,740, with no remainder.

Since 2,326,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,326,740, 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).