Q: Is 3,474,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,474,560 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 3,474,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 61 64 80 89 122 128 160 178 244 305 320 356 445 488 610 640 712 890 976 1,220 1,424 1,780 1,952 2,440 2,848 3,560 3,904 4,880 5,429 5,696 7,120 7,808 9,760 10,858 11,392 14,240 19,520 21,716 27,145 28,480 39,040 43,432 54,290 56,960 86,864 108,580 173,728 217,160 347,456 434,320 694,912 868,640 1,737,280 and 3,474,560, with no remainder.

Since 3,474,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,474,560, 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).