Q: Is 2,498,790 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,498,790 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 2,498,790 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 70 73 105 146 163 210 219 326 365 438 489 511 730 815 978 1,022 1,095 1,141 1,533 1,630 2,190 2,282 2,445 2,555 3,066 3,423 4,890 5,110 5,705 6,846 7,665 11,410 11,899 15,330 17,115 23,798 34,230 35,697 59,495 71,394 83,293 118,990 166,586 178,485 249,879 356,970 416,465 499,758 832,930 1,249,395 and 2,498,790, with no remainder.

Since 2,498,790 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,498,790, 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).