Q: Is 3,714,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,714,040 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 3,714,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 23 40 44 46 55 88 92 110 115 184 220 230 253 367 440 460 506 734 920 1,012 1,265 1,468 1,835 2,024 2,530 2,936 3,670 4,037 5,060 7,340 8,074 8,441 10,120 14,680 16,148 16,882 20,185 32,296 33,764 40,370 42,205 67,528 80,740 84,410 92,851 161,480 168,820 185,702 337,640 371,404 464,255 742,808 928,510 1,857,020 and 3,714,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,714,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,714,040, 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).