Q: Is 3,164,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,164,040 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 3,164,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 22 24 30 33 34 36 40 44 45 47 51 55 60 66 68 72 85 88 90 94 99 102 110 120 132 136 141 153 165 170 180 187 188 198 204 220 235 255 264 282 306 330 340 360 374 376 396 408 423 440 470 495 510 517 561 564 612 660 680 705 748 765 792 799 846 935 940 990 1,020 1,034 1,122 1,128 1,224 1,320 1,410 1,496 1,530 1,551 1,598 1,683 1,692 1,870 1,880 1,980 2,040 2,068 2,115 2,244 2,397 2,585 2,805 2,820 3,060 3,102 3,196 3,366 3,384 3,740 3,960 3,995 4,136 4,230 4,488 4,653 4,794 5,170 5,610 5,640 6,120 6,204 6,392 6,732 7,191 7,480 7,755 7,990 8,415 8,460 8,789 9,306 9,588 10,340 11,220 11,985 12,408 13,464 14,382 15,510 15,980 16,830 16,920 17,578 18,612 19,176 20,680 22,440 23,265 23,970 26,367 28,764 31,020 31,960 33,660 35,156 35,955 37,224 43,945 46,530 47,940 52,734 57,528 62,040 67,320 70,312 71,910 79,101 87,890 93,060 95,880 105,468 131,835 143,820 158,202 175,780 186,120 210,936 263,670 287,640 316,404 351,560 395,505 527,340 632,808 791,010 1,054,680 1,582,020 and 3,164,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,164,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,164,040, 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).