Q: Is 2,981,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,981,440 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 2,981,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 40 44 55 56 64 70 77 80 88 110 112 121 140 154 160 176 220 224 242 280 308 320 352 385 440 448 484 560 605 616 704 770 847 880 968 1,120 1,210 1,232 1,331 1,540 1,694 1,760 1,936 2,240 2,420 2,464 2,662 3,080 3,388 3,520 3,872 4,235 4,840 4,928 5,324 6,160 6,655 6,776 7,744 8,470 9,317 9,680 10,648 12,320 13,310 13,552 16,940 18,634 19,360 21,296 24,640 26,620 27,104 33,880 37,268 38,720 42,592 46,585 53,240 54,208 67,760 74,536 85,184 93,170 106,480 135,520 149,072 186,340 212,960 271,040 298,144 372,680 425,920 596,288 745,360 1,490,720 and 2,981,440, with no remainder.

Since 2,981,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,981,440, 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).