Q: Is 2,549,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,549,040 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 2,549,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 19 20 24 26 30 38 39 40 43 48 52 57 60 65 76 78 80 86 95 104 114 120 129 130 152 156 172 190 195 208 215 228 240 247 258 260 285 304 312 344 380 390 430 456 494 516 520 559 570 624 645 688 741 760 780 817 860 912 988 1,032 1,040 1,118 1,140 1,235 1,290 1,482 1,520 1,560 1,634 1,677 1,720 1,976 2,064 2,236 2,280 2,451 2,470 2,580 2,795 2,964 3,120 3,268 3,354 3,440 3,705 3,952 4,085 4,472 4,560 4,902 4,940 5,160 5,590 5,928 6,536 6,708 7,410 8,170 8,385 8,944 9,804 9,880 10,320 10,621 11,180 11,856 12,255 13,072 13,416 14,820 16,340 16,770 19,608 19,760 21,242 22,360 24,510 26,832 29,640 31,863 32,680 33,540 39,216 42,484 44,720 49,020 53,105 59,280 63,726 65,360 67,080 84,968 98,040 106,210 127,452 134,160 159,315 169,936 196,080 212,420 254,904 318,630 424,840 509,808 637,260 849,680 1,274,520 and 2,549,040, with no remainder.

Since 2,549,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,549,040, 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).