Q: Is 2,805,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,805,960 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 2,805,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 67 120 134 201 268 335 349 402 536 670 698 804 1,005 1,047 1,340 1,396 1,608 1,745 2,010 2,094 2,680 2,792 3,490 4,020 4,188 5,235 6,980 8,040 8,376 10,470 13,960 20,940 23,383 41,880 46,766 70,149 93,532 116,915 140,298 187,064 233,830 280,596 350,745 467,660 561,192 701,490 935,320 1,402,980 and 2,805,960, with no remainder.

Since 2,805,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,805,960, 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).