Q: Is 2,794,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,794,560 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 2,794,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 41 48 60 64 71 80 82 96 120 123 142 160 164 192 205 213 240 246 284 320 328 355 410 426 480 492 568 615 656 710 820 852 960 984 1,065 1,136 1,230 1,312 1,420 1,640 1,704 1,968 2,130 2,272 2,460 2,624 2,840 2,911 3,280 3,408 3,936 4,260 4,544 4,920 5,680 5,822 6,560 6,816 7,872 8,520 8,733 9,840 11,360 11,644 13,120 13,632 14,555 17,040 17,466 19,680 22,720 23,288 29,110 34,080 34,932 39,360 43,665 46,576 58,220 68,160 69,864 87,330 93,152 116,440 139,728 174,660 186,304 232,880 279,456 349,320 465,760 558,912 698,640 931,520 1,397,280 and 2,794,560, with no remainder.

Since 2,794,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,794,560, 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).