Q: Is 2,562,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,562,960 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 2,562,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 59 60 80 118 120 177 181 236 240 295 354 362 472 543 590 708 724 885 905 944 1,086 1,180 1,416 1,448 1,770 1,810 2,172 2,360 2,715 2,832 2,896 3,540 3,620 4,344 4,720 5,430 7,080 7,240 8,688 10,679 10,860 14,160 14,480 21,358 21,720 32,037 42,716 43,440 53,395 64,074 85,432 106,790 128,148 160,185 170,864 213,580 256,296 320,370 427,160 512,592 640,740 854,320 1,281,480 and 2,562,960, with no remainder.

Since 2,562,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,562,960, 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).