Q: Is 3,241,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,241,040 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 3,241,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 29 40 44 55 58 80 88 110 116 127 145 176 220 232 254 290 319 440 464 508 580 635 638 880 1,016 1,160 1,270 1,276 1,397 1,595 2,032 2,320 2,540 2,552 2,794 3,190 3,683 5,080 5,104 5,588 6,380 6,985 7,366 10,160 11,176 12,760 13,970 14,732 18,415 22,352 25,520 27,940 29,464 36,830 40,513 55,880 58,928 73,660 81,026 111,760 147,320 162,052 202,565 294,640 324,104 405,130 648,208 810,260 1,620,520 and 3,241,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,241,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,241,040, 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).