Q: Is 2,440,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,440,368 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 2,440,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 252 269 324 336 378 432 504 538 567 648 756 807 1,008 1,076 1,134 1,296 1,512 1,614 1,883 2,152 2,268 2,421 3,024 3,228 3,766 4,304 4,536 4,842 5,649 6,456 7,263 7,532 9,072 9,684 11,298 12,912 14,526 15,064 16,947 19,368 21,789 22,596 29,052 30,128 33,894 38,736 43,578 45,192 50,841 58,104 67,788 87,156 90,384 101,682 116,208 135,576 152,523 174,312 203,364 271,152 305,046 348,624 406,728 610,092 813,456 1,220,184 and 2,440,368, with no remainder.

Since 2,440,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,440,368, 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).