Q: Is 2,387,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,387,880 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 2,387,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 27 30 33 36 40 44 45 54 55 60 66 67 72 81 88 90 99 108 110 120 132 134 135 162 165 180 198 201 216 220 264 268 270 297 324 330 335 360 396 402 405 440 495 536 540 594 603 648 660 670 737 792 804 810 891 990 1,005 1,080 1,188 1,206 1,320 1,340 1,474 1,485 1,608 1,620 1,782 1,809 1,980 2,010 2,211 2,376 2,412 2,680 2,948 2,970 3,015 3,240 3,564 3,618 3,685 3,960 4,020 4,422 4,455 4,824 5,427 5,896 5,940 6,030 6,633 7,128 7,236 7,370 8,040 8,844 8,910 9,045 10,854 11,055 11,880 12,060 13,266 14,472 14,740 17,688 17,820 18,090 19,899 21,708 22,110 24,120 26,532 27,135 29,480 33,165 35,640 36,180 39,798 43,416 44,220 53,064 54,270 59,697 66,330 72,360 79,596 88,440 99,495 108,540 119,394 132,660 159,192 198,990 217,080 238,788 265,320 298,485 397,980 477,576 596,970 795,960 1,193,940 and 2,387,880, with no remainder.

Since 2,387,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,387,880, 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).