Q: Is 3,465,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,465,240 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 3,465,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 67 120 134 201 268 335 402 431 536 670 804 862 1,005 1,293 1,340 1,608 1,724 2,010 2,155 2,586 2,680 3,448 4,020 4,310 5,172 6,465 8,040 8,620 10,344 12,930 17,240 25,860 28,877 51,720 57,754 86,631 115,508 144,385 173,262 231,016 288,770 346,524 433,155 577,540 693,048 866,310 1,155,080 1,732,620 and 3,465,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,465,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,465,240, 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).