Q: Is 2,331,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,331,120 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 2,331,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 883 1,320 1,766 2,640 2,649 3,532 4,415 5,298 7,064 8,830 9,713 10,596 13,245 14,128 17,660 19,426 21,192 26,490 29,139 35,320 38,852 42,384 48,565 52,980 58,278 70,640 77,704 97,130 105,960 116,556 145,695 155,408 194,260 211,920 233,112 291,390 388,520 466,224 582,780 777,040 1,165,560 and 2,331,120, with no remainder.

Since 2,331,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,331,120, 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).