Q: Is 2,460,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,460,920 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 2,460,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 17 20 22 28 34 35 40 44 47 55 56 68 70 77 85 88 94 110 119 136 140 154 170 187 188 220 235 238 280 308 329 340 374 376 385 440 470 476 517 595 616 658 680 748 770 799 935 940 952 1,034 1,190 1,309 1,316 1,496 1,540 1,598 1,645 1,870 1,880 2,068 2,380 2,585 2,618 2,632 3,080 3,196 3,290 3,619 3,740 3,995 4,136 4,760 5,170 5,236 5,593 6,392 6,545 6,580 7,238 7,480 7,990 8,789 10,340 10,472 11,186 13,090 13,160 14,476 15,980 17,578 18,095 20,680 22,372 26,180 27,965 28,952 31,960 35,156 36,190 43,945 44,744 52,360 55,930 61,523 70,312 72,380 87,890 111,860 123,046 144,760 175,780 223,720 246,092 307,615 351,560 492,184 615,230 1,230,460 and 2,460,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,460,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,460,920, 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).