Q: Is 3,482,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,482,960 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 3,482,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 34 40 52 65 68 80 85 104 130 136 170 197 208 221 260 272 340 394 442 520 680 788 884 985 1,040 1,105 1,360 1,576 1,768 1,970 2,210 2,561 3,152 3,349 3,536 3,940 4,420 5,122 6,698 7,880 8,840 10,244 12,805 13,396 15,760 16,745 17,680 20,488 25,610 26,792 33,490 40,976 43,537 51,220 53,584 66,980 87,074 102,440 133,960 174,148 204,880 217,685 267,920 348,296 435,370 696,592 870,740 1,741,480 and 3,482,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,482,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,482,960, 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).