Q: Is 3,446,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,446,240 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 3,446,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 32 34 35 40 56 68 70 80 85 112 119 136 140 160 170 181 224 238 272 280 340 362 476 544 560 595 680 724 905 952 1,120 1,190 1,267 1,360 1,448 1,810 1,904 2,380 2,534 2,720 2,896 3,077 3,620 3,808 4,760 5,068 5,792 6,154 6,335 7,240 9,520 10,136 12,308 12,670 14,480 15,385 19,040 20,272 21,539 24,616 25,340 28,960 30,770 40,544 43,078 49,232 50,680 61,540 86,156 98,464 101,360 107,695 123,080 172,312 202,720 215,390 246,160 344,624 430,780 492,320 689,248 861,560 1,723,120 and 3,446,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,446,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,446,240, 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).