Q: Is 2,952,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,952,000 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 2,952,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 41 45 48 50 60 64 72 75 80 82 90 96 100 120 123 125 144 150 160 164 180 192 200 205 225 240 246 250 288 300 320 328 360 369 375 400 410 450 480 492 500 576 600 615 656 720 738 750 800 820 900 960 984 1,000 1,025 1,125 1,200 1,230 1,312 1,440 1,476 1,500 1,600 1,640 1,800 1,845 1,968 2,000 2,050 2,250 2,400 2,460 2,624 2,880 2,952 3,000 3,075 3,280 3,600 3,690 3,936 4,000 4,100 4,500 4,800 4,920 5,125 5,904 6,000 6,150 6,560 7,200 7,380 7,872 8,000 8,200 9,000 9,225 9,840 10,250 11,808 12,000 12,300 13,120 14,400 14,760 15,375 16,400 18,000 18,450 19,680 20,500 23,616 24,000 24,600 29,520 30,750 32,800 36,000 36,900 39,360 41,000 46,125 49,200 59,040 61,500 65,600 72,000 73,800 82,000 92,250 98,400 118,080 123,000 147,600 164,000 184,500 196,800 246,000 295,200 328,000 369,000 492,000 590,400 738,000 984,000 1,476,000 and 2,952,000, with no remainder.

Since 2,952,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,952,000, 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).