Q: Is 3,498,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,498,480 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 3,498,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 48 60 72 80 86 90 113 120 129 144 172 180 215 226 240 258 339 344 360 387 430 452 516 565 645 678 688 720 774 860 904 1,017 1,032 1,130 1,290 1,356 1,548 1,695 1,720 1,808 1,935 2,034 2,064 2,260 2,580 2,712 3,096 3,390 3,440 3,870 4,068 4,520 4,859 5,085 5,160 5,424 6,192 6,780 7,740 8,136 9,040 9,718 10,170 10,320 13,560 14,577 15,480 16,272 19,436 20,340 24,295 27,120 29,154 30,960 38,872 40,680 43,731 48,590 58,308 72,885 77,744 81,360 87,462 97,180 116,616 145,770 174,924 194,360 218,655 233,232 291,540 349,848 388,720 437,310 583,080 699,696 874,620 1,166,160 1,749,240 and 3,498,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,498,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,498,480, 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).