Q: Is 3,254,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,254,640 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 3,254,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 71 80 120 142 191 213 240 284 355 382 426 568 573 710 764 852 955 1,065 1,136 1,146 1,420 1,528 1,704 1,910 2,130 2,292 2,840 2,865 3,056 3,408 3,820 4,260 4,584 5,680 5,730 7,640 8,520 9,168 11,460 13,561 15,280 17,040 22,920 27,122 40,683 45,840 54,244 67,805 81,366 108,488 135,610 162,732 203,415 216,976 271,220 325,464 406,830 542,440 650,928 813,660 1,084,880 1,627,320 and 3,254,640, with no remainder.

Since 3,254,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,254,640, 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).