Q: Is 3,402,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,402,360 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 3,402,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 24 26 30 36 39 40 45 52 60 65 72 78 90 104 117 120 130 156 180 195 234 260 312 360 390 468 520 585 727 780 936 1,170 1,454 1,560 2,181 2,340 2,908 3,635 4,362 4,680 5,816 6,543 7,270 8,724 9,451 10,905 13,086 14,540 17,448 18,902 21,810 26,172 28,353 29,080 32,715 37,804 43,620 47,255 52,344 56,706 65,430 75,608 85,059 87,240 94,510 113,412 130,860 141,765 170,118 189,020 226,824 261,720 283,530 340,236 378,040 425,295 567,060 680,472 850,590 1,134,120 1,701,180 and 3,402,360, with no remainder.

Since 3,402,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,402,360, 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).