Q: Is 3,152,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,152,240 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 3,152,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 80 91 104 112 130 140 182 208 260 280 364 433 455 520 560 728 866 910 1,040 1,456 1,732 1,820 2,165 3,031 3,464 3,640 4,330 5,629 6,062 6,928 7,280 8,660 11,258 12,124 15,155 17,320 22,516 24,248 28,145 30,310 34,640 39,403 45,032 48,496 56,290 60,620 78,806 90,064 112,580 121,240 157,612 197,015 225,160 242,480 315,224 394,030 450,320 630,448 788,060 1,576,120 and 3,152,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,152,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,152,240, 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).