Q: Is 3,489,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,489,600 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 3,489,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 150 160 192 200 240 300 320 400 480 600 727 800 960 1,200 1,454 1,600 2,181 2,400 2,908 3,635 4,362 4,800 5,816 7,270 8,724 10,905 11,632 14,540 17,448 18,175 21,810 23,264 29,080 34,896 36,350 43,620 46,528 54,525 58,160 69,792 72,700 87,240 109,050 116,320 139,584 145,400 174,480 218,100 232,640 290,800 348,960 436,200 581,600 697,920 872,400 1,163,200 1,744,800 and 3,489,600, with no remainder.

Since 3,489,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,489,600, 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).