Q: Is 3,708,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,708,480 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 3,708,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 3,863 7,726 11,589 15,452 19,315 23,178 30,904 38,630 46,356 57,945 61,808 77,260 92,712 115,890 123,616 154,520 185,424 231,780 247,232 309,040 370,848 463,560 618,080 741,696 927,120 1,236,160 1,854,240 and 3,708,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,708,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,708,480, 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).