Q: Is 2,690,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,690,940 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 2,690,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 43 60 70 84 86 105 129 140 149 172 210 215 258 298 301 420 430 447 516 596 602 645 745 860 894 903 1,043 1,204 1,290 1,490 1,505 1,788 1,806 2,086 2,235 2,580 2,980 3,010 3,129 3,612 4,172 4,470 4,515 5,215 6,020 6,258 6,407 8,940 9,030 10,430 12,516 12,814 15,645 18,060 19,221 20,860 25,628 31,290 32,035 38,442 44,849 62,580 64,070 76,884 89,698 96,105 128,140 134,547 179,396 192,210 224,245 269,094 384,420 448,490 538,188 672,735 896,980 1,345,470 and 2,690,940, with no remainder.

Since 2,690,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,690,940, 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).