Q: Is 3,233,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,233,040 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 3,233,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 709 760 912 1,140 1,418 1,520 2,127 2,280 2,836 3,545 4,254 4,560 5,672 7,090 8,508 10,635 11,344 13,471 14,180 17,016 21,270 26,942 28,360 34,032 40,413 42,540 53,884 56,720 67,355 80,826 85,080 107,768 134,710 161,652 170,160 202,065 215,536 269,420 323,304 404,130 538,840 646,608 808,260 1,077,680 1,616,520 and 3,233,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,233,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,233,040, 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).