Q: Is 3,574,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,574,320 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 3,574,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 53 60 80 106 120 159 212 240 265 281 318 424 530 562 636 795 843 848 1,060 1,124 1,272 1,405 1,590 1,686 2,120 2,248 2,544 2,810 3,180 3,372 4,215 4,240 4,496 5,620 6,360 6,744 8,430 11,240 12,720 13,488 14,893 16,860 22,480 29,786 33,720 44,679 59,572 67,440 74,465 89,358 119,144 148,930 178,716 223,395 238,288 297,860 357,432 446,790 595,720 714,864 893,580 1,191,440 1,787,160 and 3,574,320, with no remainder.

Since 3,574,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,574,320, 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).