Q: Is 3,324,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,324,480 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 3,324,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 3,463 6,926 10,389 13,852 17,315 20,778 27,704 34,630 41,556 51,945 55,408 69,260 83,112 103,890 110,816 138,520 166,224 207,780 221,632 277,040 332,448 415,560 554,080 664,896 831,120 1,108,160 1,662,240 and 3,324,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,324,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,324,480, 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).