Q: Is 3,259,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,259,520 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 3,259,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 44 55 64 80 88 110 128 160 176 220 320 352 440 463 640 704 880 926 1,408 1,760 1,852 2,315 3,520 3,704 4,630 5,093 7,040 7,408 9,260 10,186 14,816 18,520 20,372 25,465 29,632 37,040 40,744 50,930 59,264 74,080 81,488 101,860 148,160 162,976 203,720 296,320 325,952 407,440 651,904 814,880 1,629,760 and 3,259,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,259,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,259,520, 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).