Q: Is 3,081,780 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,081,780 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 3,081,780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 26 27 30 36 39 45 52 54 60 65 78 90 108 117 130 135 156 180 195 234 260 270 351 390 439 468 540 585 702 780 878 1,170 1,317 1,404 1,755 1,756 2,195 2,340 2,634 3,510 3,951 4,390 5,268 5,707 6,585 7,020 7,902 8,780 11,414 11,853 13,170 15,804 17,121 19,755 22,828 23,706 26,340 28,535 34,242 39,510 47,412 51,363 57,070 59,265 68,484 79,020 85,605 102,726 114,140 118,530 154,089 171,210 205,452 237,060 256,815 308,178 342,420 513,630 616,356 770,445 1,027,260 1,540,890 and 3,081,780, with no remainder.

Since 3,081,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,081,780, 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).