Q: Is 3,033,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,033,720 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 3,033,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 53 54 60 72 90 106 108 120 135 159 180 212 216 265 270 318 360 424 477 530 540 636 795 954 1,060 1,080 1,272 1,431 1,590 1,908 2,120 2,385 2,809 2,862 3,180 3,816 4,770 5,618 5,724 6,360 7,155 8,427 9,540 11,236 11,448 14,045 14,310 16,854 19,080 22,472 25,281 28,090 28,620 33,708 42,135 50,562 56,180 57,240 67,416 75,843 84,270 101,124 112,360 126,405 151,686 168,540 202,248 252,810 303,372 337,080 379,215 505,620 606,744 758,430 1,011,240 1,516,860 and 3,033,720, with no remainder.

Since 3,033,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,033,720, 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).