Q: Is 3,056,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,056,040 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 3,056,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 24 26 30 36 39 40 45 52 60 65 72 78 90 104 117 120 130 156 180 195 234 260 312 360 390 468 520 585 653 780 936 1,170 1,306 1,560 1,959 2,340 2,612 3,265 3,918 4,680 5,224 5,877 6,530 7,836 8,489 9,795 11,754 13,060 15,672 16,978 19,590 23,508 25,467 26,120 29,385 33,956 39,180 42,445 47,016 50,934 58,770 67,912 76,401 78,360 84,890 101,868 117,540 127,335 152,802 169,780 203,736 235,080 254,670 305,604 339,560 382,005 509,340 611,208 764,010 1,018,680 1,528,020 and 3,056,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,056,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,056,040, 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).