Q: Is 2,953,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,953,240 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 2,953,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 43 68 85 86 101 136 170 172 202 215 340 344 404 430 505 680 731 808 860 1,010 1,462 1,717 1,720 2,020 2,924 3,434 3,655 4,040 4,343 5,848 6,868 7,310 8,585 8,686 13,736 14,620 17,170 17,372 21,715 29,240 34,340 34,744 43,430 68,680 73,831 86,860 147,662 173,720 295,324 369,155 590,648 738,310 1,476,620 and 2,953,240, with no remainder.

Since 2,953,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,953,240, 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).