Q: Is 3,104,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,104,520 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 3,104,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 60 82 120 123 164 205 246 328 410 492 615 631 820 984 1,230 1,262 1,640 1,893 2,460 2,524 3,155 3,786 4,920 5,048 6,310 7,572 9,465 12,620 15,144 18,930 25,240 25,871 37,860 51,742 75,720 77,613 103,484 129,355 155,226 206,968 258,710 310,452 388,065 517,420 620,904 776,130 1,034,840 1,552,260 and 3,104,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,104,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,104,520, 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).