Q: Is 3,542,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,542,240 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 3,542,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 32 40 52 65 80 104 130 131 160 169 208 260 262 338 416 520 524 655 676 845 1,040 1,048 1,310 1,352 1,690 1,703 2,080 2,096 2,620 2,704 3,380 3,406 4,192 5,240 5,408 6,760 6,812 8,515 10,480 13,520 13,624 17,030 20,960 22,139 27,040 27,248 34,060 44,278 54,496 68,120 88,556 110,695 136,240 177,112 221,390 272,480 354,224 442,780 708,448 885,560 1,771,120 and 3,542,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,542,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,542,240, 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).