Q: Is 2,990,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,990,520 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 2,990,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 24 26 27 30 36 39 40 45 52 54 60 65 71 72 78 81 90 104 108 117 120 130 135 142 156 162 180 195 213 216 234 260 270 284 312 324 351 355 360 390 405 426 468 520 540 568 585 639 648 702 710 780 810 852 923 936 1,053 1,065 1,080 1,170 1,278 1,404 1,420 1,560 1,620 1,704 1,755 1,846 1,917 2,106 2,130 2,340 2,556 2,769 2,808 2,840 3,195 3,240 3,510 3,692 3,834 4,212 4,260 4,615 4,680 5,112 5,265 5,538 5,751 6,390 7,020 7,384 7,668 8,307 8,424 8,520 9,230 9,585 10,530 11,076 11,502 12,780 13,845 14,040 15,336 16,614 18,460 19,170 21,060 22,152 23,004 24,921 25,560 27,690 28,755 33,228 36,920 38,340 41,535 42,120 46,008 49,842 55,380 57,510 66,456 74,763 76,680 83,070 99,684 110,760 115,020 124,605 149,526 166,140 199,368 230,040 249,210 299,052 332,280 373,815 498,420 598,104 747,630 996,840 1,495,260 and 2,990,520, with no remainder.

Since 2,990,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,990,520, 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).