Q: Is 2,958,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,958,120 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 2,958,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 27 30 33 36 40 44 45 54 55 60 66 72 81 83 88 90 99 108 110 120 132 135 162 165 166 180 198 216 220 249 264 270 297 324 330 332 360 396 405 415 440 495 498 540 594 648 660 664 747 792 810 830 891 913 990 996 1,080 1,188 1,245 1,320 1,485 1,494 1,620 1,660 1,782 1,826 1,980 1,992 2,241 2,376 2,490 2,739 2,970 2,988 3,240 3,320 3,564 3,652 3,735 3,960 4,455 4,482 4,565 4,980 5,478 5,940 5,976 6,723 7,128 7,304 7,470 8,217 8,910 8,964 9,130 9,960 10,956 11,205 11,880 13,446 13,695 14,940 16,434 17,820 17,928 18,260 21,912 22,410 24,651 26,892 27,390 29,880 32,868 33,615 35,640 36,520 41,085 44,820 49,302 53,784 54,780 65,736 67,230 73,953 82,170 89,640 98,604 109,560 123,255 134,460 147,906 164,340 197,208 246,510 268,920 295,812 328,680 369,765 493,020 591,624 739,530 986,040 1,479,060 and 2,958,120, with no remainder.

Since 2,958,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,958,120, 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).