Q: Is 3,412,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,412,560 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 3,412,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 59 60 80 118 120 177 236 240 241 295 354 472 482 590 708 723 885 944 964 1,180 1,205 1,416 1,446 1,770 1,928 2,360 2,410 2,832 2,892 3,540 3,615 3,856 4,720 4,820 5,784 7,080 7,230 9,640 11,568 14,160 14,219 14,460 19,280 28,438 28,920 42,657 56,876 57,840 71,095 85,314 113,752 142,190 170,628 213,285 227,504 284,380 341,256 426,570 568,760 682,512 853,140 1,137,520 1,706,280 and 3,412,560, with no remainder.

Since 3,412,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,412,560, 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).