Q: Is 3,126,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,126,960 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 3,126,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 48 60 72 80 86 90 101 120 129 144 172 180 202 215 240 258 303 344 360 387 404 430 505 516 606 645 688 720 774 808 860 909 1,010 1,032 1,212 1,290 1,515 1,548 1,616 1,720 1,818 1,935 2,020 2,064 2,424 2,580 3,030 3,096 3,440 3,636 3,870 4,040 4,343 4,545 4,848 5,160 6,060 6,192 7,272 7,740 8,080 8,686 9,090 10,320 12,120 13,029 14,544 15,480 17,372 18,180 21,715 24,240 26,058 30,960 34,744 36,360 39,087 43,430 52,116 65,145 69,488 72,720 78,174 86,860 104,232 130,290 156,348 173,720 195,435 208,464 260,580 312,696 347,440 390,870 521,160 625,392 781,740 1,042,320 1,563,480 and 3,126,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,126,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,126,960, 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).