Q: Is 3,237,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,237,960 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 3,237,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 121 132 165 220 223 242 264 330 363 440 446 484 605 660 669 726 892 968 1,115 1,210 1,320 1,338 1,452 1,784 1,815 2,230 2,420 2,453 2,676 2,904 3,345 3,630 4,460 4,840 4,906 5,352 6,690 7,260 7,359 8,920 9,812 12,265 13,380 14,520 14,718 19,624 24,530 26,760 26,983 29,436 36,795 49,060 53,966 58,872 73,590 80,949 98,120 107,932 134,915 147,180 161,898 215,864 269,830 294,360 323,796 404,745 539,660 647,592 809,490 1,079,320 1,618,980 and 3,237,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,237,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,237,960, 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).