Q: Is 3,708,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,708,720 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 3,708,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 17 18 20 24 27 30 34 36 40 45 48 51 54 60 68 72 80 85 90 101 102 108 120 135 136 144 153 170 180 202 204 216 240 255 270 272 303 306 340 360 404 408 432 459 505 510 540 606 612 680 720 765 808 816 909 918 1,010 1,020 1,080 1,212 1,224 1,360 1,515 1,530 1,616 1,717 1,818 1,836 2,020 2,040 2,160 2,295 2,424 2,448 2,727 3,030 3,060 3,434 3,636 3,672 4,040 4,080 4,545 4,590 4,848 5,151 5,454 6,060 6,120 6,868 7,272 7,344 8,080 8,585 9,090 9,180 10,302 10,908 12,120 12,240 13,635 13,736 14,544 15,453 17,170 18,180 18,360 20,604 21,816 24,240 25,755 27,270 27,472 30,906 34,340 36,360 36,720 41,208 43,632 46,359 51,510 54,540 61,812 68,680 72,720 77,265 82,416 92,718 103,020 109,080 123,624 137,360 154,530 185,436 206,040 218,160 231,795 247,248 309,060 370,872 412,080 463,590 618,120 741,744 927,180 1,236,240 1,854,360 and 3,708,720, with no remainder.

Since 3,708,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,708,720, 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).