Q: Is 2,847,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,847,480 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 2,847,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 61 120 122 183 244 305 366 389 488 610 732 778 915 1,167 1,220 1,464 1,556 1,830 1,945 2,334 2,440 3,112 3,660 3,890 4,668 5,835 7,320 7,780 9,336 11,670 15,560 23,340 23,729 46,680 47,458 71,187 94,916 118,645 142,374 189,832 237,290 284,748 355,935 474,580 569,496 711,870 949,160 1,423,740 and 2,847,480, with no remainder.

Since 2,847,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,847,480, 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).