Q: Is 3,137,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,137,940 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 3,137,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 26 27 30 36 39 45 52 54 60 65 78 81 90 108 117 130 135 149 156 162 180 195 234 260 270 298 324 351 390 405 447 468 540 585 596 702 745 780 810 894 1,053 1,170 1,341 1,404 1,490 1,620 1,755 1,788 1,937 2,106 2,235 2,340 2,682 2,980 3,510 3,874 4,023 4,212 4,470 5,265 5,364 5,811 6,705 7,020 7,748 8,046 8,940 9,685 10,530 11,622 12,069 13,410 16,092 17,433 19,370 20,115 21,060 23,244 24,138 26,820 29,055 34,866 38,740 40,230 48,276 52,299 58,110 60,345 69,732 80,460 87,165 104,598 116,220 120,690 156,897 174,330 209,196 241,380 261,495 313,794 348,660 522,990 627,588 784,485 1,045,980 1,568,970 and 3,137,940, with no remainder.

Since 3,137,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,137,940, 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).