Q: Is 3,238,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,238,320 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 3,238,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 103 120 131 206 240 262 309 393 412 515 524 618 655 786 824 1,030 1,048 1,236 1,310 1,545 1,572 1,648 1,965 2,060 2,096 2,472 2,620 3,090 3,144 3,930 4,120 4,944 5,240 6,180 6,288 7,860 8,240 10,480 12,360 13,493 15,720 24,720 26,986 31,440 40,479 53,972 67,465 80,958 107,944 134,930 161,916 202,395 215,888 269,860 323,832 404,790 539,720 647,664 809,580 1,079,440 1,619,160 and 3,238,320, with no remainder.

Since 3,238,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,238,320, 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).