Q: Is 3,236,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,236,460 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 3,236,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 19 20 30 34 38 51 57 60 68 76 85 95 102 114 167 170 190 204 228 255 285 323 334 340 380 501 510 570 646 668 835 969 1,002 1,020 1,140 1,292 1,615 1,670 1,938 2,004 2,505 2,839 3,173 3,230 3,340 3,876 4,845 5,010 5,678 6,346 6,460 8,517 9,519 9,690 10,020 11,356 12,692 14,195 15,865 17,034 19,038 19,380 28,390 31,730 34,068 38,076 42,585 47,595 53,941 56,780 63,460 85,170 95,190 107,882 161,823 170,340 190,380 215,764 269,705 323,646 539,410 647,292 809,115 1,078,820 1,618,230 and 3,236,460, with no remainder.

Since 3,236,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,236,460, 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).