Q: Is 3,324,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,324,860 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 3,324,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 17 20 22 28 34 35 44 55 68 70 77 85 110 119 127 140 154 170 187 220 238 254 308 340 374 385 476 508 595 635 748 770 889 935 1,190 1,270 1,309 1,397 1,540 1,778 1,870 2,159 2,380 2,540 2,618 2,794 3,556 3,740 4,318 4,445 5,236 5,588 6,545 6,985 8,636 8,890 9,779 10,795 13,090 13,970 15,113 17,780 19,558 21,590 23,749 26,180 27,940 30,226 39,116 43,180 47,498 48,895 60,452 75,565 94,996 97,790 118,745 151,130 166,243 195,580 237,490 302,260 332,486 474,980 664,972 831,215 1,662,430 and 3,324,860, with no remainder.

Since 3,324,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,324,860, 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).