Q: Is 2,829,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,829,640 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 2,829,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 55 59 88 109 110 118 218 220 236 295 436 440 472 545 590 649 872 1,090 1,180 1,199 1,298 2,180 2,360 2,398 2,596 3,245 4,360 4,796 5,192 5,995 6,431 6,490 9,592 11,990 12,862 12,980 23,980 25,724 25,960 32,155 47,960 51,448 64,310 70,741 128,620 141,482 257,240 282,964 353,705 565,928 707,410 1,414,820 and 2,829,640, with no remainder.

Since 2,829,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,829,640, 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).