Q: Is 3,120,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,120,432 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 3,120,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 56 74 84 111 112 148 168 222 251 259 296 336 444 502 518 592 753 777 888 1,004 1,036 1,506 1,554 1,757 1,776 2,008 2,072 3,012 3,108 3,514 4,016 4,144 5,271 6,024 6,216 7,028 9,287 10,542 12,048 12,432 14,056 18,574 21,084 27,861 28,112 37,148 42,168 55,722 65,009 74,296 84,336 111,444 130,018 148,592 195,027 222,888 260,036 390,054 445,776 520,072 780,108 1,040,144 1,560,216 and 3,120,432, with no remainder.

Since 3,120,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,120,432, 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).