Q: Is 2,746,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,746,260 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 2,746,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 19 20 22 30 33 36 38 44 45 55 57 60 66 73 76 90 95 99 110 114 132 146 165 171 180 190 198 209 219 220 228 285 292 330 342 365 380 396 418 438 495 570 627 657 660 684 730 803 836 855 876 990 1,045 1,095 1,140 1,254 1,314 1,387 1,460 1,606 1,710 1,881 1,980 2,090 2,190 2,409 2,508 2,628 2,774 3,135 3,212 3,285 3,420 3,762 4,015 4,161 4,180 4,380 4,818 5,548 6,270 6,570 6,935 7,227 7,524 8,030 8,322 9,405 9,636 12,045 12,483 12,540 13,140 13,870 14,454 15,257 16,060 16,644 18,810 20,805 24,090 24,966 27,740 28,908 30,514 36,135 37,620 41,610 45,771 48,180 49,932 61,028 62,415 72,270 76,285 83,220 91,542 124,830 137,313 144,540 152,570 183,084 228,855 249,660 274,626 305,140 457,710 549,252 686,565 915,420 1,373,130 and 2,746,260, with no remainder.

Since 2,746,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,746,260, 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).