Q: Is 3,043,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,043,880 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 3,043,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 49 56 70 98 140 196 245 280 392 490 980 1,553 1,960 3,106 6,212 7,765 10,871 12,424 15,530 21,742 31,060 43,484 54,355 62,120 76,097 86,968 108,710 152,194 217,420 304,388 380,485 434,840 608,776 760,970 1,521,940 and 3,043,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,043,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,043,880, 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).