Q: Is 2,405,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,405,480 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 2,405,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 71 77 88 110 121 140 142 154 220 242 280 284 308 355 385 440 484 497 568 605 616 710 770 781 847 968 994 1,210 1,420 1,540 1,562 1,694 1,988 2,420 2,485 2,840 3,080 3,124 3,388 3,905 3,976 4,235 4,840 4,970 5,467 6,248 6,776 7,810 8,470 8,591 9,940 10,934 15,620 16,940 17,182 19,880 21,868 27,335 31,240 33,880 34,364 42,955 43,736 54,670 60,137 68,728 85,910 109,340 120,274 171,820 218,680 240,548 300,685 343,640 481,096 601,370 1,202,740 and 2,405,480, with no remainder.

Since 2,405,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,405,480, 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).