Q: Is 3,477,180 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,477,180 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 3,477,180 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 487 510 595 714 974 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,461 1,785 1,948 2,380 2,435 2,922 3,409 3,570 4,870 5,844 6,818 7,140 7,305 8,279 9,740 10,227 13,636 14,610 16,558 17,045 20,454 24,837 29,220 33,116 34,090 40,908 41,395 49,674 51,135 57,953 68,180 82,790 99,348 102,270 115,906 124,185 165,580 173,859 204,540 231,812 248,370 289,765 347,718 496,740 579,530 695,436 869,295 1,159,060 1,738,590 and 3,477,180, with no remainder.

Since 3,477,180 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,477,180, 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).