Q: Is 3,179,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,179,880 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 3,179,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 55 60 66 72 73 88 90 99 110 120 121 132 146 165 180 198 219 220 242 264 292 330 360 363 365 396 438 440 484 495 584 605 657 660 726 730 792 803 876 968 990 1,089 1,095 1,210 1,314 1,320 1,452 1,460 1,606 1,752 1,815 1,980 2,178 2,190 2,409 2,420 2,628 2,904 2,920 3,212 3,285 3,630 3,960 4,015 4,356 4,380 4,818 4,840 5,256 5,445 6,424 6,570 7,227 7,260 8,030 8,712 8,760 8,833 9,636 10,890 12,045 13,140 14,454 14,520 16,060 17,666 19,272 21,780 24,090 26,280 26,499 28,908 32,120 35,332 36,135 43,560 44,165 48,180 52,998 57,816 70,664 72,270 79,497 88,330 96,360 105,996 132,495 144,540 158,994 176,660 211,992 264,990 289,080 317,988 353,320 397,485 529,980 635,976 794,970 1,059,960 1,589,940 and 3,179,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,179,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,179,880, 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).