Q: Is 3,170,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,170,440 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 3,170,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 67 70 91 104 130 134 140 169 182 260 268 280 335 338 364 455 469 520 536 670 676 728 845 871 910 938 1,183 1,340 1,352 1,690 1,742 1,820 1,876 2,345 2,366 2,680 3,380 3,484 3,640 3,752 4,355 4,690 4,732 5,915 6,097 6,760 6,968 8,710 9,380 9,464 11,323 11,830 12,194 17,420 18,760 22,646 23,660 24,388 30,485 34,840 45,292 47,320 48,776 56,615 60,970 79,261 90,584 113,230 121,940 158,522 226,460 243,880 317,044 396,305 452,920 634,088 792,610 1,585,220 and 3,170,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,170,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,170,440, 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).