Q: Is 3,482,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,482,160 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 3,482,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,319 1,320 2,638 2,640 3,957 5,276 6,595 7,914 10,552 13,190 14,509 15,828 19,785 21,104 26,380 29,018 31,656 39,570 43,527 52,760 58,036 63,312 72,545 79,140 87,054 105,520 116,072 145,090 158,280 174,108 217,635 232,144 290,180 316,560 348,216 435,270 580,360 696,432 870,540 1,160,720 1,741,080 and 3,482,160, with no remainder.

Since 3,482,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,482,160, 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).