Q: Is 3,005,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,005,600 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 3,005,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 25 26 32 34 40 50 52 65 68 80 85 100 104 130 136 160 170 200 208 221 260 272 289 325 340 400 416 425 442 520 544 578 650 680 800 850 884 1,040 1,105 1,156 1,300 1,360 1,445 1,700 1,768 2,080 2,210 2,312 2,600 2,720 2,890 3,400 3,536 3,757 4,420 4,624 5,200 5,525 5,780 6,800 7,072 7,225 7,514 8,840 9,248 10,400 11,050 11,560 13,600 14,450 15,028 17,680 18,785 22,100 23,120 28,900 30,056 35,360 37,570 44,200 46,240 57,800 60,112 75,140 88,400 93,925 115,600 120,224 150,280 176,800 187,850 231,200 300,560 375,700 601,120 751,400 1,502,800 and 3,005,600, with no remainder.

Since 3,005,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,005,600, 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).