Q: Is 3,246,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,246,760 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 3,246,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 47 55 88 94 110 157 188 220 235 314 376 440 470 517 628 785 940 1,034 1,256 1,570 1,727 1,880 2,068 2,585 3,140 3,454 4,136 5,170 6,280 6,908 7,379 8,635 10,340 13,816 14,758 17,270 20,680 29,516 34,540 36,895 59,032 69,080 73,790 81,169 147,580 162,338 295,160 324,676 405,845 649,352 811,690 1,623,380 and 3,246,760, with no remainder.

Since 3,246,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,246,760, 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).