Q: Is 3,072,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,072,720 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 3,072,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 31 35 40 42 48 56 59 60 62 70 80 84 93 105 112 118 120 124 140 155 168 177 186 210 217 236 240 248 280 295 310 336 354 372 413 420 434 465 472 496 560 590 620 651 708 744 826 840 868 885 930 944 1,085 1,180 1,239 1,240 1,302 1,416 1,488 1,652 1,680 1,736 1,770 1,829 1,860 2,065 2,170 2,360 2,478 2,480 2,604 2,832 3,255 3,304 3,472 3,540 3,658 3,720 4,130 4,340 4,720 4,956 5,208 5,487 6,195 6,510 6,608 7,080 7,316 7,440 8,260 8,680 9,145 9,912 10,416 10,974 12,390 12,803 13,020 14,160 14,632 16,520 17,360 18,290 19,824 21,948 24,780 25,606 26,040 27,435 29,264 33,040 36,580 38,409 43,896 49,560 51,212 52,080 54,870 64,015 73,160 76,818 87,792 99,120 102,424 109,740 128,030 146,320 153,636 192,045 204,848 219,480 256,060 307,272 384,090 438,960 512,120 614,544 768,180 1,024,240 1,536,360 and 3,072,720, with no remainder.

Since 3,072,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,072,720, 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).