Q: Is 3,040,290 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,040,290 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 3,040,290 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 30 33 37 45 55 66 74 83 90 99 110 111 165 166 185 198 222 249 330 333 370 407 415 495 498 555 666 747 814 830 913 990 1,110 1,221 1,245 1,494 1,665 1,826 2,035 2,442 2,490 2,739 3,071 3,330 3,663 3,735 4,070 4,565 5,478 6,105 6,142 7,326 7,470 8,217 9,130 9,213 12,210 13,695 15,355 16,434 18,315 18,426 27,390 27,639 30,710 33,781 36,630 41,085 46,065 55,278 67,562 82,170 92,130 101,343 138,195 168,905 202,686 276,390 304,029 337,810 506,715 608,058 1,013,430 1,520,145 and 3,040,290, with no remainder.

Since 3,040,290 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,040,290, 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).