Q: Is 3,135,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,135,020 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 3,135,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 49 70 98 140 196 245 343 457 490 686 914 980 1,372 1,715 1,828 2,285 3,199 3,430 4,570 6,398 6,860 9,140 12,796 15,995 22,393 31,990 44,786 63,980 89,572 111,965 156,751 223,930 313,502 447,860 627,004 783,755 1,567,510 and 3,135,020, with no remainder.

Since 3,135,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,135,020, 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).