Q: Is 2,860,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,860,320 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 2,860,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 59 60 80 96 101 118 120 160 177 202 236 240 295 303 354 404 472 480 505 590 606 708 808 885 944 1,010 1,180 1,212 1,416 1,515 1,616 1,770 1,888 2,020 2,360 2,424 2,832 3,030 3,232 3,540 4,040 4,720 4,848 5,664 5,959 6,060 7,080 8,080 9,440 9,696 11,918 12,120 14,160 16,160 17,877 23,836 24,240 28,320 29,795 35,754 47,672 48,480 59,590 71,508 89,385 95,344 119,180 143,016 178,770 190,688 238,360 286,032 357,540 476,720 572,064 715,080 953,440 1,430,160 and 2,860,320, with no remainder.

Since 2,860,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,860,320, 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).