Q: Is 3,202,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,202,740 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 3,202,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 81 90 108 135 162 180 243 270 324 405 486 540 659 810 972 1,215 1,318 1,620 1,977 2,430 2,636 3,295 3,954 4,860 5,931 6,590 7,908 9,885 11,862 13,180 17,793 19,770 23,724 29,655 35,586 39,540 53,379 59,310 71,172 88,965 106,758 118,620 160,137 177,930 213,516 266,895 320,274 355,860 533,790 640,548 800,685 1,067,580 1,601,370 and 3,202,740, with no remainder.

Since 3,202,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,202,740, 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).