Q: Is 3,444,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,444,720 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 3,444,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 40 48 60 62 80 93 120 124 155 186 240 248 310 372 463 465 496 620 744 926 930 1,240 1,389 1,488 1,852 1,860 2,315 2,480 2,778 3,704 3,720 4,630 5,556 6,945 7,408 7,440 9,260 11,112 13,890 14,353 18,520 22,224 27,780 28,706 37,040 43,059 55,560 57,412 71,765 86,118 111,120 114,824 143,530 172,236 215,295 229,648 287,060 344,472 430,590 574,120 688,944 861,180 1,148,240 1,722,360 and 3,444,720, with no remainder.

Since 3,444,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,444,720, 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).