Q: Is 2,837,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,837,200 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 2,837,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 41 50 80 82 100 164 173 200 205 328 346 400 410 656 692 820 865 1,025 1,384 1,640 1,730 2,050 2,768 3,280 3,460 4,100 4,325 6,920 7,093 8,200 8,650 13,840 14,186 16,400 17,300 28,372 34,600 35,465 56,744 69,200 70,930 113,488 141,860 177,325 283,720 354,650 567,440 709,300 1,418,600 and 2,837,200, with no remainder.

Since 2,837,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,837,200, 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).