Q: Is 2,374,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,374,120 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 2,374,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 61 70 122 139 140 244 278 280 305 427 488 556 610 695 854 973 1,112 1,220 1,390 1,708 1,946 2,135 2,440 2,780 3,416 3,892 4,270 4,865 5,560 7,784 8,479 8,540 9,730 16,958 17,080 19,460 33,916 38,920 42,395 59,353 67,832 84,790 118,706 169,580 237,412 296,765 339,160 474,824 593,530 1,187,060 and 2,374,120, with no remainder.

Since 2,374,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,374,120, 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).