Q: Is 3,627,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,627,240 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 3,627,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 167 181 334 362 501 543 668 724 835 905 1,002 1,086 1,336 1,448 1,670 1,810 2,004 2,172 2,505 2,715 3,340 3,620 4,008 4,344 5,010 5,430 6,680 7,240 10,020 10,860 20,040 21,720 30,227 60,454 90,681 120,908 151,135 181,362 241,816 302,270 362,724 453,405 604,540 725,448 906,810 1,209,080 1,813,620 and 3,627,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,627,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,627,240, 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).