Q: Is 2,840,130 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,840,130 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 2,840,130 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 54 67 90 134 135 157 201 270 314 335 402 471 603 670 785 942 1,005 1,206 1,413 1,570 1,809 2,010 2,355 2,826 3,015 3,618 4,239 4,710 6,030 7,065 8,478 9,045 10,519 14,130 18,090 21,038 21,195 31,557 42,390 52,595 63,114 94,671 105,190 157,785 189,342 284,013 315,570 473,355 568,026 946,710 1,420,065 and 2,840,130, with no remainder.

Since 2,840,130 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,840,130, 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).