Q: Is 2,993,670 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,993,670 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 2,993,670 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 29 30 31 37 45 58 62 74 87 90 93 111 145 155 174 185 186 222 261 279 290 310 333 370 435 465 522 555 558 666 870 899 930 1,073 1,110 1,147 1,305 1,395 1,665 1,798 2,146 2,294 2,610 2,697 2,790 3,219 3,330 3,441 4,495 5,365 5,394 5,735 6,438 6,882 8,091 8,990 9,657 10,323 10,730 11,470 13,485 16,095 16,182 17,205 19,314 20,646 26,970 32,190 33,263 34,410 40,455 48,285 51,615 66,526 80,910 96,570 99,789 103,230 166,315 199,578 299,367 332,630 498,945 598,734 997,890 1,496,835 and 2,993,670, with no remainder.

Since 2,993,670 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,993,670, 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).