Q: Is 2,682,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,682,420 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 2,682,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 19 20 26 30 38 39 52 57 60 65 76 78 95 114 130 156 181 190 195 228 247 260 285 362 380 390 494 543 570 724 741 780 905 988 1,086 1,140 1,235 1,482 1,810 2,172 2,353 2,470 2,715 2,964 3,439 3,620 3,705 4,706 4,940 5,430 6,878 7,059 7,410 9,412 10,317 10,860 11,765 13,756 14,118 14,820 17,195 20,634 23,530 28,236 34,390 35,295 41,268 44,707 47,060 51,585 68,780 70,590 89,414 103,170 134,121 141,180 178,828 206,340 223,535 268,242 447,070 536,484 670,605 894,140 1,341,210 and 2,682,420, with no remainder.

Since 2,682,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,682,420, 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).