Q: Is 3,080,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,080,264 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 3,080,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 17 22 29 34 44 58 68 71 88 116 136 142 187 232 284 319 374 493 568 638 748 781 986 1,207 1,276 1,496 1,562 1,972 2,059 2,414 2,552 3,124 3,944 4,118 4,828 5,423 6,248 8,236 9,656 10,846 13,277 16,472 21,692 22,649 26,554 35,003 43,384 45,298 53,108 70,006 90,596 106,216 140,012 181,192 280,024 385,033 770,066 1,540,132 and 3,080,264, with no remainder.

Since 3,080,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,080,264, 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).