Q: Is 2,950,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,950,640 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 2,950,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 176 220 280 308 385 440 479 560 616 770 880 958 1,232 1,540 1,916 2,395 3,080 3,353 3,832 4,790 5,269 6,160 6,706 7,664 9,580 10,538 13,412 16,765 19,160 21,076 26,345 26,824 33,530 36,883 38,320 42,152 52,690 53,648 67,060 73,766 84,304 105,380 134,120 147,532 184,415 210,760 268,240 295,064 368,830 421,520 590,128 737,660 1,475,320 and 2,950,640, with no remainder.

Since 2,950,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,950,640, 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).