Q: Is 3,127,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,127,560 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 3,127,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 67 120 134 201 268 335 389 402 536 670 778 804 1,005 1,167 1,340 1,556 1,608 1,945 2,010 2,334 2,680 3,112 3,890 4,020 4,668 5,835 7,780 8,040 9,336 11,670 15,560 23,340 26,063 46,680 52,126 78,189 104,252 130,315 156,378 208,504 260,630 312,756 390,945 521,260 625,512 781,890 1,042,520 1,563,780 and 3,127,560, with no remainder.

Since 3,127,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,127,560, 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).