Q: Is 3,483,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,483,840 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 3,483,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 64 76 80 95 96 114 120 152 160 190 191 192 228 240 285 304 320 380 382 456 480 570 573 608 760 764 912 955 960 1,140 1,146 1,216 1,520 1,528 1,824 1,910 2,280 2,292 2,865 3,040 3,056 3,629 3,648 3,820 4,560 4,584 5,730 6,080 6,112 7,258 7,640 9,120 9,168 10,887 11,460 12,224 14,516 15,280 18,145 18,240 18,336 21,774 22,920 29,032 30,560 36,290 36,672 43,548 45,840 54,435 58,064 61,120 72,580 87,096 91,680 108,870 116,128 145,160 174,192 183,360 217,740 232,256 290,320 348,384 435,480 580,640 696,768 870,960 1,161,280 1,741,920 and 3,483,840, with no remainder.

Since 3,483,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,483,840, 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).