Q: Is 3,106,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,106,920 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 3,106,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 85 102 120 136 170 204 255 340 408 510 680 1,020 1,523 2,040 3,046 4,569 6,092 7,615 9,138 12,184 15,230 18,276 22,845 25,891 30,460 36,552 45,690 51,782 60,920 77,673 91,380 103,564 129,455 155,346 182,760 207,128 258,910 310,692 388,365 517,820 621,384 776,730 1,035,640 1,553,460 and 3,106,920, with no remainder.

Since 3,106,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,106,920, 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).