Q: Is 2,484,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,484,540 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 2,484,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 43 45 54 60 86 90 107 108 129 135 172 180 214 215 258 270 321 387 428 430 516 535 540 642 645 774 860 963 1,070 1,161 1,284 1,290 1,548 1,605 1,926 1,935 2,140 2,322 2,580 2,889 3,210 3,852 3,870 4,601 4,644 4,815 5,778 5,805 6,420 7,740 9,202 9,630 11,556 11,610 13,803 14,445 18,404 19,260 23,005 23,220 27,606 28,890 41,409 46,010 55,212 57,780 69,015 82,818 92,020 124,227 138,030 165,636 207,045 248,454 276,060 414,090 496,908 621,135 828,180 1,242,270 and 2,484,540, with no remainder.

Since 2,484,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,484,540, 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).