Q: Is 3,830,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,830,280 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 3,830,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 59 60 118 120 177 236 295 354 472 541 590 708 885 1,082 1,180 1,416 1,623 1,770 2,164 2,360 2,705 3,246 3,540 4,328 5,410 6,492 7,080 8,115 10,820 12,984 16,230 21,640 31,919 32,460 63,838 64,920 95,757 127,676 159,595 191,514 255,352 319,190 383,028 478,785 638,380 766,056 957,570 1,276,760 1,915,140 and 3,830,280, with no remainder.

Since 3,830,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,830,280, 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).