Q: Is 2,750,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,750,940 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 2,750,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 29 30 31 34 36 45 51 58 60 62 68 85 87 90 93 102 116 124 145 153 155 170 174 180 186 204 255 261 279 290 306 310 340 348 372 435 465 493 510 522 527 558 580 612 620 765 870 899 930 986 1,020 1,044 1,054 1,116 1,305 1,395 1,479 1,530 1,581 1,740 1,798 1,860 1,972 2,108 2,465 2,610 2,635 2,697 2,790 2,958 3,060 3,162 3,596 4,437 4,495 4,743 4,930 5,220 5,270 5,394 5,580 5,916 6,324 7,395 7,905 8,091 8,874 8,990 9,486 9,860 10,540 10,788 13,485 14,790 15,283 15,810 16,182 17,748 17,980 18,972 22,185 23,715 26,970 29,580 30,566 31,620 32,364 40,455 44,370 45,849 47,430 53,940 61,132 76,415 80,910 88,740 91,698 94,860 137,547 152,830 161,820 183,396 229,245 275,094 305,660 458,490 550,188 687,735 916,980 1,375,470 and 2,750,940, with no remainder.

Since 2,750,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,750,940, 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).