Q: Is 3,135,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,135,480 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 3,135,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 29 30 34 40 51 53 58 60 68 85 87 102 106 116 120 136 145 159 170 174 204 212 232 255 265 290 318 340 348 408 424 435 493 510 530 580 636 680 696 795 870 901 986 1,020 1,060 1,160 1,272 1,479 1,537 1,590 1,740 1,802 1,972 2,040 2,120 2,465 2,703 2,958 3,074 3,180 3,480 3,604 3,944 4,505 4,611 4,930 5,406 5,916 6,148 6,360 7,208 7,395 7,685 9,010 9,222 9,860 10,812 11,832 12,296 13,515 14,790 15,370 18,020 18,444 19,720 21,624 23,055 26,129 27,030 29,580 30,740 36,040 36,888 46,110 52,258 54,060 59,160 61,480 78,387 92,220 104,516 108,120 130,645 156,774 184,440 209,032 261,290 313,548 391,935 522,580 627,096 783,870 1,045,160 1,567,740 and 3,135,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,135,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,135,480, 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).