Q: Is 3,134,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,134,120 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 3,134,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 17 20 22 34 40 44 55 68 85 88 110 136 170 187 220 340 374 419 440 680 748 838 935 1,496 1,676 1,870 2,095 3,352 3,740 4,190 4,609 7,123 7,480 8,380 9,218 14,246 16,760 18,436 23,045 28,492 35,615 36,872 46,090 56,984 71,230 78,353 92,180 142,460 156,706 184,360 284,920 313,412 391,765 626,824 783,530 1,567,060 and 3,134,120, with no remainder.

Since 3,134,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,134,120, 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).