Q: Is 2,793,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,793,440 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 2,793,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 32 34 40 52 65 68 79 80 85 104 130 136 158 160 170 208 221 260 272 316 340 395 416 442 520 544 632 680 790 884 1,027 1,040 1,105 1,264 1,343 1,360 1,580 1,768 2,054 2,080 2,210 2,528 2,686 2,720 3,160 3,536 4,108 4,420 5,135 5,372 6,320 6,715 7,072 8,216 8,840 10,270 10,744 12,640 13,430 16,432 17,459 17,680 20,540 21,488 26,860 32,864 34,918 35,360 41,080 42,976 53,720 69,836 82,160 87,295 107,440 139,672 164,320 174,590 214,880 279,344 349,180 558,688 698,360 1,396,720 and 2,793,440, with no remainder.

Since 2,793,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,793,440, 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).