Q: Is 2,982,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,982,420 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 2,982,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 81 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 162 180 189 210 252 263 270 315 324 378 405 420 526 540 567 630 756 789 810 945 1,052 1,134 1,260 1,315 1,578 1,620 1,841 1,890 2,268 2,367 2,630 2,835 3,156 3,682 3,780 3,945 4,734 5,260 5,523 5,670 7,101 7,364 7,890 9,205 9,468 11,046 11,340 11,835 14,202 15,780 16,569 18,410 21,303 22,092 23,670 27,615 28,404 33,138 35,505 36,820 42,606 47,340 49,707 55,230 66,276 71,010 82,845 85,212 99,414 106,515 110,460 142,020 149,121 165,690 198,828 213,030 248,535 298,242 331,380 426,060 497,070 596,484 745,605 994,140 1,491,210 and 2,982,420, with no remainder.

Since 2,982,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,982,420, 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).