Q: Is 3,582,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,582,240 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 3,582,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 32 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 96 102 120 136 160 170 204 240 255 272 340 408 439 480 510 544 680 816 878 1,020 1,317 1,360 1,632 1,756 2,040 2,195 2,634 2,720 3,512 4,080 4,390 5,268 6,585 7,024 7,463 8,160 8,780 10,536 13,170 14,048 14,926 17,560 21,072 22,389 26,340 29,852 35,120 37,315 42,144 44,778 52,680 59,704 70,240 74,630 89,556 105,360 111,945 119,408 149,260 179,112 210,720 223,890 238,816 298,520 358,224 447,780 597,040 716,448 895,560 1,194,080 1,791,120 and 3,582,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,582,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,582,240, 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).