Q: Is 3,522,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,522,240 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 3,522,240 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 1,223 1,440 2,446 2,880 3,669 4,892 6,115 7,338 9,784 11,007 12,230 14,676 18,345 19,568 22,014 24,460 29,352 36,690 39,136 44,028 48,920 55,035 58,704 73,380 78,272 88,056 97,840 110,070 117,408 146,760 176,112 195,680 220,140 234,816 293,520 352,224 391,360 440,280 587,040 704,448 880,560 1,174,080 1,761,120 and 3,522,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,522,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,522,240, 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).