Q: Is 3,124,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,124,940 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 3,124,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 13 14 17 20 26 28 34 35 52 65 68 70 85 91 101 119 130 140 170 182 202 221 238 260 340 364 404 442 455 476 505 595 707 884 910 1,010 1,105 1,190 1,313 1,414 1,547 1,717 1,820 2,020 2,210 2,380 2,626 2,828 3,094 3,434 3,535 4,420 5,252 6,188 6,565 6,868 7,070 7,735 8,585 9,191 12,019 13,130 14,140 15,470 17,170 18,382 22,321 24,038 26,260 30,940 34,340 36,764 44,642 45,955 48,076 60,095 89,284 91,910 111,605 120,190 156,247 183,820 223,210 240,380 312,494 446,420 624,988 781,235 1,562,470 and 3,124,940, with no remainder.

Since 3,124,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,124,940, 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).