Q: Is 3,240,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,240,960 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 3,240,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 211 240 256 320 384 422 480 512 633 640 768 844 960 1,024 1,055 1,266 1,280 1,536 1,688 1,920 2,110 2,532 2,560 3,072 3,165 3,376 3,840 4,220 5,064 5,120 6,330 6,752 7,680 8,440 10,128 12,660 13,504 15,360 16,880 20,256 25,320 27,008 33,760 40,512 50,640 54,016 67,520 81,024 101,280 108,032 135,040 162,048 202,560 216,064 270,080 324,096 405,120 540,160 648,192 810,240 1,080,320 1,620,480 and 3,240,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,240,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,240,960, 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).