Q: Is 3,223,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,223,920 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 3,223,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 19 20 21 24 28 30 35 38 40 42 48 56 57 60 70 76 80 84 95 101 105 112 114 120 133 140 152 168 190 202 210 228 240 266 280 285 303 304 336 380 399 404 420 456 505 532 560 570 606 665 707 760 798 808 840 912 1,010 1,064 1,140 1,212 1,330 1,414 1,515 1,520 1,596 1,616 1,680 1,919 1,995 2,020 2,121 2,128 2,280 2,424 2,660 2,828 3,030 3,192 3,535 3,838 3,990 4,040 4,242 4,560 4,848 5,320 5,656 5,757 6,060 6,384 7,070 7,676 7,980 8,080 8,484 9,595 10,605 10,640 11,312 11,514 12,120 13,433 14,140 15,352 15,960 16,968 19,190 21,210 23,028 24,240 26,866 28,280 28,785 30,704 31,920 33,936 38,380 40,299 42,420 46,056 53,732 56,560 57,570 67,165 76,760 80,598 84,840 92,112 107,464 115,140 134,330 153,520 161,196 169,680 201,495 214,928 230,280 268,660 322,392 402,990 460,560 537,320 644,784 805,980 1,074,640 1,611,960 and 3,223,920, with no remainder.

Since 3,223,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,223,920, 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).