Q: Is 3,431,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,431,760 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 3,431,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 79 80 120 158 181 237 240 316 362 395 474 543 632 724 790 905 948 1,086 1,185 1,264 1,448 1,580 1,810 1,896 2,172 2,370 2,715 2,896 3,160 3,620 3,792 4,344 4,740 5,430 6,320 7,240 8,688 9,480 10,860 14,299 14,480 18,960 21,720 28,598 42,897 43,440 57,196 71,495 85,794 114,392 142,990 171,588 214,485 228,784 285,980 343,176 428,970 571,960 686,352 857,940 1,143,920 1,715,880 and 3,431,760, with no remainder.

Since 3,431,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,431,760, 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).