Q: Is 3,458,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,458,400 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 3,458,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 25 30 32 33 40 44 48 50 55 60 66 75 80 88 96 100 110 120 131 132 150 160 165 176 200 220 240 262 264 275 300 330 352 393 400 440 480 524 528 550 600 655 660 786 800 825 880 1,048 1,056 1,100 1,200 1,310 1,320 1,441 1,572 1,650 1,760 1,965 2,096 2,200 2,400 2,620 2,640 2,882 3,144 3,275 3,300 3,930 4,192 4,323 4,400 5,240 5,280 5,764 6,288 6,550 6,600 7,205 7,860 8,646 8,800 9,825 10,480 11,528 12,576 13,100 13,200 14,410 15,720 17,292 19,650 20,960 21,615 23,056 26,200 26,400 28,820 31,440 34,584 36,025 39,300 43,230 46,112 52,400 57,640 62,880 69,168 72,050 78,600 86,460 104,800 108,075 115,280 138,336 144,100 157,200 172,920 216,150 230,560 288,200 314,400 345,840 432,300 576,400 691,680 864,600 1,152,800 1,729,200 and 3,458,400, with no remainder.

Since 3,458,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,458,400, 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).