Q: Is 3,344,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,344,520 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 3,344,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 47 60 94 120 141 188 235 282 376 470 564 593 705 940 1,128 1,186 1,410 1,779 1,880 2,372 2,820 2,965 3,558 4,744 5,640 5,930 7,116 8,895 11,860 14,232 17,790 23,720 27,871 35,580 55,742 71,160 83,613 111,484 139,355 167,226 222,968 278,710 334,452 418,065 557,420 668,904 836,130 1,114,840 1,672,260 and 3,344,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,344,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,344,520, 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).