Q: Is 3,235,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,235,960 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 3,235,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 26 28 35 40 49 52 56 65 70 91 98 104 127 130 140 182 196 245 254 260 280 364 392 455 490 508 520 635 637 728 889 910 980 1,016 1,270 1,274 1,651 1,778 1,820 1,960 2,540 2,548 3,185 3,302 3,556 3,640 4,445 5,080 5,096 6,223 6,370 6,604 7,112 8,255 8,890 11,557 12,446 12,740 13,208 16,510 17,780 23,114 24,892 25,480 31,115 33,020 35,560 46,228 49,784 57,785 62,230 66,040 80,899 92,456 115,570 124,460 161,798 231,140 248,920 323,596 404,495 462,280 647,192 808,990 1,617,980 and 3,235,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,235,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,235,960, 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).