Q: Is 2,695,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,695,920 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 2,695,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 60 80 94 120 141 188 235 239 240 282 376 470 478 564 705 717 752 940 956 1,128 1,195 1,410 1,434 1,880 1,912 2,256 2,390 2,820 2,868 3,585 3,760 3,824 4,780 5,640 5,736 7,170 9,560 11,233 11,280 11,472 14,340 19,120 22,466 28,680 33,699 44,932 56,165 57,360 67,398 89,864 112,330 134,796 168,495 179,728 224,660 269,592 336,990 449,320 539,184 673,980 898,640 1,347,960 and 2,695,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,695,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,695,920, 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).