Q: Is 3,261,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,261,360 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 3,261,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 107 120 127 214 240 254 321 381 428 508 535 635 642 762 856 1,016 1,070 1,270 1,284 1,524 1,605 1,712 1,905 2,032 2,140 2,540 2,568 3,048 3,210 3,810 4,280 5,080 5,136 6,096 6,420 7,620 8,560 10,160 12,840 13,589 15,240 25,680 27,178 30,480 40,767 54,356 67,945 81,534 108,712 135,890 163,068 203,835 217,424 271,780 326,136 407,670 543,560 652,272 815,340 1,087,120 1,630,680 and 3,261,360, with no remainder.

Since 3,261,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,261,360, 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).