Q: Is 2,361,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,361,600 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 2,361,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 41 45 48 50 60 64 72 75 80 82 90 96 100 120 123 128 144 150 160 164 180 192 200 205 225 240 246 256 288 300 320 328 360 369 384 400 410 450 480 492 576 600 615 640 656 720 738 768 800 820 900 960 984 1,025 1,152 1,200 1,230 1,280 1,312 1,440 1,476 1,600 1,640 1,800 1,845 1,920 1,968 2,050 2,304 2,400 2,460 2,624 2,880 2,952 3,075 3,200 3,280 3,600 3,690 3,840 3,936 4,100 4,800 4,920 5,248 5,760 5,904 6,150 6,400 6,560 7,200 7,380 7,872 8,200 9,225 9,600 9,840 10,496 11,520 11,808 12,300 13,120 14,400 14,760 15,744 16,400 18,450 19,200 19,680 23,616 24,600 26,240 28,800 29,520 31,488 32,800 36,900 39,360 47,232 49,200 52,480 57,600 59,040 65,600 73,800 78,720 94,464 98,400 118,080 131,200 147,600 157,440 196,800 236,160 262,400 295,200 393,600 472,320 590,400 787,200 1,180,800 and 2,361,600, with no remainder.

Since 2,361,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,361,600, 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).