Q: Is 2,944,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,944,480 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 2,944,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 160 176 220 224 239 280 308 352 385 440 478 560 616 770 880 956 1,120 1,195 1,232 1,540 1,673 1,760 1,912 2,390 2,464 2,629 3,080 3,346 3,824 4,780 5,258 6,160 6,692 7,648 8,365 9,560 10,516 12,320 13,145 13,384 16,730 18,403 19,120 21,032 26,290 26,768 33,460 36,806 38,240 42,064 52,580 53,536 66,920 73,612 84,128 92,015 105,160 133,840 147,224 184,030 210,320 267,680 294,448 368,060 420,640 588,896 736,120 1,472,240 and 2,944,480, with no remainder.

Since 2,944,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,944,480, 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).