Q: Is 3,702,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,702,240 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 3,702,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 96 108 120 135 144 160 180 216 240 270 288 360 432 480 540 720 857 864 1,080 1,440 1,714 2,160 2,571 3,428 4,285 4,320 5,142 6,856 7,713 8,570 10,284 12,855 13,712 15,426 17,140 20,568 23,139 25,710 27,424 30,852 34,280 38,565 41,136 46,278 51,420 61,704 68,560 77,130 82,272 92,556 102,840 115,695 123,408 137,120 154,260 185,112 205,680 231,390 246,816 308,520 370,224 411,360 462,780 617,040 740,448 925,560 1,234,080 1,851,120 and 3,702,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,702,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,702,240, 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).