Q: Is 2,664,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,664,420 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 2,664,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 121 132 165 220 242 330 363 367 484 605 660 726 734 1,101 1,210 1,452 1,468 1,815 1,835 2,202 2,420 3,630 3,670 4,037 4,404 5,505 7,260 7,340 8,074 11,010 12,111 16,148 20,185 22,020 24,222 40,370 44,407 48,444 60,555 80,740 88,814 121,110 133,221 177,628 222,035 242,220 266,442 444,070 532,884 666,105 888,140 1,332,210 and 2,664,420, with no remainder.

Since 2,664,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,664,420, 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).