Q: Is 3,204,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,204,840 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 3,204,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 85 102 120 136 170 204 255 340 408 510 680 1,020 1,571 2,040 3,142 4,713 6,284 7,855 9,426 12,568 15,710 18,852 23,565 26,707 31,420 37,704 47,130 53,414 62,840 80,121 94,260 106,828 133,535 160,242 188,520 213,656 267,070 320,484 400,605 534,140 640,968 801,210 1,068,280 1,602,420 and 3,204,840, with no remainder.

Since 3,204,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,204,840, 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).