Q: Is 2,694,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,694,330 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 2,694,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 17 18 27 30 34 45 51 54 85 90 102 135 153 170 255 270 306 459 510 587 765 918 1,174 1,530 1,761 2,295 2,935 3,522 4,590 5,283 5,870 8,805 9,979 10,566 15,849 17,610 19,958 26,415 29,937 31,698 49,895 52,830 59,874 79,245 89,811 99,790 149,685 158,490 179,622 269,433 299,370 449,055 538,866 898,110 1,347,165 and 2,694,330, with no remainder.

Since 2,694,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,694,330, 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).