Q: Is 3,493,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,493,440 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 3,493,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 144 160 180 192 240 288 320 360 480 576 720 960 1,213 1,440 2,426 2,880 3,639 4,852 6,065 7,278 9,704 10,917 12,130 14,556 18,195 19,408 21,834 24,260 29,112 36,390 38,816 43,668 48,520 54,585 58,224 72,780 77,632 87,336 97,040 109,170 116,448 145,560 174,672 194,080 218,340 232,896 291,120 349,344 388,160 436,680 582,240 698,688 873,360 1,164,480 1,746,720 and 3,493,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,493,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,493,440, 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).