Q: Is 3,136,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,136,440 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 3,136,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 59 60 118 120 177 236 295 354 443 472 590 708 885 886 1,180 1,329 1,416 1,770 1,772 2,215 2,360 2,658 3,540 3,544 4,430 5,316 6,645 7,080 8,860 10,632 13,290 17,720 26,137 26,580 52,274 53,160 78,411 104,548 130,685 156,822 209,096 261,370 313,644 392,055 522,740 627,288 784,110 1,045,480 1,568,220 and 3,136,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,136,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,136,440, 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).