Q: Is 2,769,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,769,240 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 2,769,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 47 60 94 120 141 188 235 282 376 470 491 564 705 940 982 1,128 1,410 1,473 1,880 1,964 2,455 2,820 2,946 3,928 4,910 5,640 5,892 7,365 9,820 11,784 14,730 19,640 23,077 29,460 46,154 58,920 69,231 92,308 115,385 138,462 184,616 230,770 276,924 346,155 461,540 553,848 692,310 923,080 1,384,620 and 2,769,240, with no remainder.

Since 2,769,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,769,240, 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).