Q: Is 3,023,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,023,760 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 3,023,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 43 48 60 80 86 120 129 172 215 240 258 293 344 430 516 586 645 688 860 879 1,032 1,172 1,290 1,465 1,720 1,758 2,064 2,344 2,580 2,930 3,440 3,516 4,395 4,688 5,160 5,860 7,032 8,790 10,320 11,720 12,599 14,064 17,580 23,440 25,198 35,160 37,797 50,396 62,995 70,320 75,594 100,792 125,990 151,188 188,985 201,584 251,980 302,376 377,970 503,960 604,752 755,940 1,007,920 1,511,880 and 3,023,760, with no remainder.

Since 3,023,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,023,760, 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).