Q: Is 3,102,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,102,360 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 3,102,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 103 120 206 251 309 412 502 515 618 753 824 1,004 1,030 1,236 1,255 1,506 1,545 2,008 2,060 2,472 2,510 3,012 3,090 3,765 4,120 5,020 6,024 6,180 7,530 10,040 12,360 15,060 25,853 30,120 51,706 77,559 103,412 129,265 155,118 206,824 258,530 310,236 387,795 517,060 620,472 775,590 1,034,120 1,551,180 and 3,102,360, with no remainder.

Since 3,102,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,102,360, 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).