Q: Is 3,771,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,771,480 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 3,771,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 53 60 106 120 159 212 265 318 424 530 593 636 795 1,060 1,186 1,272 1,590 1,779 2,120 2,372 2,965 3,180 3,558 4,744 5,930 6,360 7,116 8,895 11,860 14,232 17,790 23,720 31,429 35,580 62,858 71,160 94,287 125,716 157,145 188,574 251,432 314,290 377,148 471,435 628,580 754,296 942,870 1,257,160 1,885,740 and 3,771,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,771,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,771,480, 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).