Q: Is 3,340,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,340,920 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 3,340,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 330 440 660 1,320 2,531 5,062 7,593 10,124 12,655 15,186 20,248 25,310 27,841 30,372 37,965 50,620 55,682 60,744 75,930 83,523 101,240 111,364 139,205 151,860 167,046 222,728 278,410 303,720 334,092 417,615 556,820 668,184 835,230 1,113,640 1,670,460 and 3,340,920, with no remainder.

Since 3,340,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,340,920, 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).