Q: Is 2,928,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,928,420 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 2,928,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 22 27 29 30 33 34 36 44 45 51 54 55 58 60 66 68 85 87 90 99 102 108 110 116 132 135 145 153 165 170 174 180 187 198 204 220 255 261 270 290 297 306 319 330 340 348 374 396 435 459 493 495 510 522 540 561 580 594 612 638 660 748 765 783 870 918 935 957 986 990 1,020 1,044 1,122 1,188 1,276 1,305 1,479 1,485 1,530 1,566 1,595 1,683 1,740 1,836 1,870 1,914 1,972 1,980 2,244 2,295 2,465 2,610 2,805 2,871 2,958 2,970 3,060 3,132 3,190 3,366 3,740 3,828 3,915 4,437 4,590 4,785 4,930 5,049 5,220 5,423 5,610 5,742 5,916 5,940 6,380 6,732 7,395 7,830 8,415 8,613 8,874 9,180 9,570 9,860 10,098 10,846 11,220 11,484 13,311 14,355 14,790 15,660 16,269 16,830 17,226 17,748 19,140 20,196 21,692 22,185 25,245 26,622 27,115 28,710 29,580 32,538 33,660 34,452 43,065 44,370 48,807 50,490 53,244 54,230 57,420 65,076 66,555 81,345 86,130 88,740 97,614 100,980 108,460 133,110 146,421 162,690 172,260 195,228 244,035 266,220 292,842 325,380 488,070 585,684 732,105 976,140 1,464,210 and 2,928,420, with no remainder.

Since 2,928,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,928,420, 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).