Q: Is 3,446,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,446,520 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 3,446,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 20 21 22 24 28 30 33 35 40 42 44 55 56 60 66 70 77 84 88 105 110 120 132 140 154 165 168 210 220 231 264 280 308 330 373 385 420 440 462 616 660 746 770 840 924 1,119 1,155 1,320 1,492 1,540 1,848 1,865 2,238 2,310 2,611 2,984 3,080 3,730 4,103 4,476 4,620 5,222 5,595 7,460 7,833 8,206 8,952 9,240 10,444 11,190 12,309 13,055 14,920 15,666 16,412 20,515 20,888 22,380 24,618 26,110 28,721 31,332 32,824 39,165 41,030 44,760 49,236 52,220 57,442 61,545 62,664 78,330 82,060 86,163 98,472 104,440 114,884 123,090 143,605 156,660 164,120 172,326 229,768 246,180 287,210 313,320 344,652 430,815 492,360 574,420 689,304 861,630 1,148,840 1,723,260 and 3,446,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,446,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,446,520, 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).