Q: Is 3,207,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,207,960 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 3,207,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 18 19 20 21 24 28 30 35 36 38 40 42 45 56 57 60 63 67 70 72 76 84 90 95 105 114 120 126 133 134 140 152 168 171 180 190 201 210 228 252 266 268 280 285 315 335 342 360 380 399 402 420 456 469 504 532 536 570 603 630 665 670 684 760 798 804 840 855 938 1,005 1,064 1,140 1,197 1,206 1,260 1,273 1,330 1,340 1,368 1,407 1,596 1,608 1,710 1,876 1,995 2,010 2,280 2,345 2,394 2,412 2,520 2,546 2,660 2,680 2,814 3,015 3,192 3,420 3,752 3,819 3,990 4,020 4,221 4,690 4,788 4,824 5,092 5,320 5,628 5,985 6,030 6,365 6,840 7,035 7,638 7,980 8,040 8,442 8,911 9,380 9,576 10,184 11,256 11,457 11,970 12,060 12,730 14,070 15,276 15,960 16,884 17,822 18,760 19,095 21,105 22,914 23,940 24,120 25,460 26,733 28,140 30,552 33,768 35,644 38,190 42,210 44,555 45,828 47,880 50,920 53,466 56,280 57,285 71,288 76,380 80,199 84,420 89,110 91,656 106,932 114,570 133,665 152,760 160,398 168,840 178,220 213,864 229,140 267,330 320,796 356,440 400,995 458,280 534,660 641,592 801,990 1,069,320 1,603,980 and 3,207,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,207,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,207,960, 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).