Q: Is 3,202,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,202,520 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 3,202,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 23 40 46 59 92 115 118 184 230 236 295 460 472 590 920 1,180 1,357 2,360 2,714 3,481 5,428 6,785 6,962 10,856 13,570 13,924 17,405 27,140 27,848 34,810 54,280 69,620 80,063 139,240 160,126 320,252 400,315 640,504 800,630 1,601,260 and 3,202,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,202,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,202,520, 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).