Q: Is 3,140,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,140,640 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 3,140,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 96 108 120 135 144 160 180 216 240 270 288 360 432 480 540 720 727 864 1,080 1,440 1,454 2,160 2,181 2,908 3,635 4,320 4,362 5,816 6,543 7,270 8,724 10,905 11,632 13,086 14,540 17,448 19,629 21,810 23,264 26,172 29,080 32,715 34,896 39,258 43,620 52,344 58,160 65,430 69,792 78,516 87,240 98,145 104,688 116,320 130,860 157,032 174,480 196,290 209,376 261,720 314,064 348,960 392,580 523,440 628,128 785,160 1,046,880 1,570,320 and 3,140,640, with no remainder.

Since 3,140,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,140,640, 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).