Q: Is 2,977,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,977,380 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 2,977,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 21 28 30 34 35 36 42 45 51 60 63 68 70 84 85 90 102 105 119 126 139 140 153 170 180 204 210 238 252 255 278 306 315 340 357 417 420 476 510 556 595 612 630 695 714 765 834 973 1,020 1,071 1,190 1,251 1,260 1,390 1,428 1,530 1,668 1,785 1,946 2,085 2,142 2,363 2,380 2,502 2,780 2,919 3,060 3,570 3,892 4,170 4,284 4,726 4,865 5,004 5,355 5,838 6,255 7,089 7,140 8,340 8,757 9,452 9,730 10,710 11,676 11,815 12,510 14,178 14,595 16,541 17,514 19,460 21,267 21,420 23,630 25,020 28,356 29,190 33,082 35,028 35,445 42,534 43,785 47,260 49,623 58,380 66,164 70,890 82,705 85,068 87,570 99,246 106,335 141,780 148,869 165,410 175,140 198,492 212,670 248,115 297,738 330,820 425,340 496,230 595,476 744,345 992,460 1,488,690 and 2,977,380, with no remainder.

Since 2,977,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,977,380, 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).