Q: Is 3,798,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,798,240 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 3,798,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 41 48 60 80 82 96 120 123 160 164 193 205 240 246 328 386 410 480 492 579 615 656 772 820 965 984 1,158 1,230 1,312 1,544 1,640 1,930 1,968 2,316 2,460 2,895 3,088 3,280 3,860 3,936 4,632 4,920 5,790 6,176 6,560 7,720 7,913 9,264 9,840 11,580 15,440 15,826 18,528 19,680 23,160 23,739 30,880 31,652 39,565 46,320 47,478 63,304 79,130 92,640 94,956 118,695 126,608 158,260 189,912 237,390 253,216 316,520 379,824 474,780 633,040 759,648 949,560 1,266,080 1,899,120 and 3,798,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,798,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,798,240, 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).