Q: Is 3,472,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,472,560 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 3,472,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 26 28 30 35 36 39 40 42 45 48 52 53 56 60 63 65 70 72 78 80 84 90 91 104 105 106 112 117 120 126 130 140 144 156 159 168 180 182 195 208 210 212 234 240 252 260 265 273 280 312 315 318 336 360 364 371 390 420 424 455 468 477 504 520 530 546 560 585 624 630 636 689 720 728 742 780 795 819 840 848 910 936 954 1,008 1,040 1,060 1,092 1,113 1,170 1,260 1,272 1,365 1,378 1,456 1,484 1,560 1,590 1,638 1,680 1,820 1,855 1,872 1,908 2,067 2,120 2,184 2,226 2,340 2,385 2,520 2,544 2,730 2,756 2,968 3,120 3,180 3,276 3,339 3,445 3,640 3,710 3,816 4,095 4,134 4,240 4,368 4,452 4,680 4,770 4,823 5,040 5,460 5,512 5,565 5,936 6,201 6,360 6,552 6,678 6,890 7,280 7,420 7,632 8,190 8,268 8,904 9,360 9,540 9,646 10,335 10,920 11,024 11,130 12,402 12,720 13,104 13,356 13,780 14,469 14,840 16,380 16,536 16,695 17,808 19,080 19,292 20,670 21,840 22,260 24,115 24,804 26,712 27,560 28,938 29,680 31,005 32,760 33,072 33,390 38,160 38,584 41,340 43,407 44,520 48,230 49,608 53,424 55,120 57,876 62,010 65,520 66,780 72,345 77,168 82,680 86,814 89,040 96,460 99,216 115,752 124,020 133,560 144,690 165,360 173,628 192,920 217,035 231,504 248,040 267,120 289,380 347,256 385,840 434,070 496,080 578,760 694,512 868,140 1,157,520 1,736,280 and 3,472,560, with no remainder.

Since 3,472,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,472,560, 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).