Q: Is 3,224,130 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,224,130 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 3,224,130 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 13 14 15 21 26 30 35 39 42 65 70 78 91 105 130 182 195 210 273 390 455 546 910 1,181 1,365 2,362 2,730 3,543 5,905 7,086 8,267 11,810 15,353 16,534 17,715 24,801 30,706 35,430 41,335 46,059 49,602 76,765 82,670 92,118 107,471 124,005 153,530 214,942 230,295 248,010 322,413 460,590 537,355 644,826 1,074,710 1,612,065 and 3,224,130, with no remainder.

Since 3,224,130 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,224,130, 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).