Q: Is 3,347,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,347,240 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 3,347,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 41 52 65 82 104 130 157 164 205 260 314 328 410 520 533 628 785 820 1,066 1,256 1,570 1,640 2,041 2,132 2,665 3,140 4,082 4,264 5,330 6,280 6,437 8,164 10,205 10,660 12,874 16,328 20,410 21,320 25,748 32,185 40,820 51,496 64,370 81,640 83,681 128,740 167,362 257,480 334,724 418,405 669,448 836,810 1,673,620 and 3,347,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,347,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,347,240, 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).