Q: Is 2,628,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,628,920 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 2,628,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 41 56 70 82 140 164 205 229 280 287 328 410 458 574 820 916 1,145 1,148 1,435 1,603 1,640 1,832 2,290 2,296 2,870 3,206 4,580 5,740 6,412 8,015 9,160 9,389 11,480 12,824 16,030 18,778 32,060 37,556 46,945 64,120 65,723 75,112 93,890 131,446 187,780 262,892 328,615 375,560 525,784 657,230 1,314,460 and 2,628,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,628,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,628,920, 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).