Q: Is 3,102,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,102,480 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 3,102,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 48 60 62 72 80 90 93 120 124 139 144 155 180 186 240 248 278 279 310 360 372 417 465 496 556 558 620 695 720 744 834 930 1,112 1,116 1,240 1,251 1,390 1,395 1,488 1,668 1,860 2,085 2,224 2,232 2,480 2,502 2,780 2,790 3,336 3,720 4,170 4,309 4,464 5,004 5,560 5,580 6,255 6,672 7,440 8,340 8,618 10,008 11,120 11,160 12,510 12,927 16,680 17,236 20,016 21,545 22,320 25,020 25,854 33,360 34,472 38,781 43,090 50,040 51,708 64,635 68,944 77,562 86,180 100,080 103,416 129,270 155,124 172,360 193,905 206,832 258,540 310,248 344,720 387,810 517,080 620,496 775,620 1,034,160 1,551,240 and 3,102,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,102,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,102,480, 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).