Q: Is 2,621,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,621,040 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 2,621,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 67 80 120 134 163 201 240 268 326 335 402 489 536 652 670 804 815 978 1,005 1,072 1,304 1,340 1,608 1,630 1,956 2,010 2,445 2,608 2,680 3,216 3,260 3,912 4,020 4,890 5,360 6,520 7,824 8,040 9,780 10,921 13,040 16,080 19,560 21,842 32,763 39,120 43,684 54,605 65,526 87,368 109,210 131,052 163,815 174,736 218,420 262,104 327,630 436,840 524,208 655,260 873,680 1,310,520 and 2,621,040, with no remainder.

Since 2,621,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,621,040, 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).