Q: Is 3,141,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,141,840 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 3,141,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 19 20 24 26 30 38 39 40 48 52 53 57 60 65 76 78 80 95 104 106 114 120 130 152 156 159 190 195 208 212 228 240 247 260 265 285 304 312 318 380 390 424 456 494 520 530 570 624 636 689 741 760 780 795 848 912 988 1,007 1,040 1,060 1,140 1,235 1,272 1,378 1,482 1,520 1,560 1,590 1,976 2,014 2,067 2,120 2,280 2,470 2,544 2,756 2,964 3,021 3,120 3,180 3,445 3,705 3,952 4,028 4,134 4,240 4,560 4,940 5,035 5,512 5,928 6,042 6,360 6,890 7,410 8,056 8,268 9,880 10,070 10,335 11,024 11,856 12,084 12,720 13,091 13,780 14,820 15,105 16,112 16,536 19,760 20,140 20,670 24,168 26,182 27,560 29,640 30,210 33,072 39,273 40,280 41,340 48,336 52,364 55,120 59,280 60,420 65,455 78,546 80,560 82,680 104,728 120,840 130,910 157,092 165,360 196,365 209,456 241,680 261,820 314,184 392,730 523,640 628,368 785,460 1,047,280 1,570,920 and 3,141,840, with no remainder.

Since 3,141,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,141,840, 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).