Q: Is 3,295,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,295,960 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 3,295,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 37 40 68 74 85 131 136 148 170 185 262 296 340 370 524 629 655 680 740 1,048 1,258 1,310 1,480 2,227 2,516 2,620 3,145 4,454 4,847 5,032 5,240 6,290 8,908 9,694 11,135 12,580 17,816 19,388 22,270 24,235 25,160 38,776 44,540 48,470 82,399 89,080 96,940 164,798 193,880 329,596 411,995 659,192 823,990 1,647,980 and 3,295,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,295,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,295,960, 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).