Q: Is 2,602,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,602,920 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 2,602,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 109 120 199 218 327 398 436 545 597 654 796 872 995 1,090 1,194 1,308 1,592 1,635 1,990 2,180 2,388 2,616 2,985 3,270 3,980 4,360 4,776 5,970 6,540 7,960 11,940 13,080 21,691 23,880 43,382 65,073 86,764 108,455 130,146 173,528 216,910 260,292 325,365 433,820 520,584 650,730 867,640 1,301,460 and 2,602,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,602,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,602,920, 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).