Q: Is 3,353,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,353,520 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 3,353,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 89 120 157 178 240 267 314 356 445 471 534 628 712 785 890 942 1,068 1,256 1,335 1,424 1,570 1,780 1,884 2,136 2,355 2,512 2,670 3,140 3,560 3,768 4,272 4,710 5,340 6,280 7,120 7,536 9,420 10,680 12,560 13,973 18,840 21,360 27,946 37,680 41,919 55,892 69,865 83,838 111,784 139,730 167,676 209,595 223,568 279,460 335,352 419,190 558,920 670,704 838,380 1,117,840 1,676,760 and 3,353,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,353,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,353,520, 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).