Q: Is 3,845,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,845,040 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 3,845,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 37 40 48 60 74 80 111 120 148 185 222 240 296 370 433 444 555 592 740 866 888 1,110 1,299 1,480 1,732 1,776 2,165 2,220 2,598 2,960 3,464 4,330 4,440 5,196 6,495 6,928 8,660 8,880 10,392 12,990 16,021 17,320 20,784 25,980 32,042 34,640 48,063 51,960 64,084 80,105 96,126 103,920 128,168 160,210 192,252 240,315 256,336 320,420 384,504 480,630 640,840 769,008 961,260 1,281,680 1,922,520 and 3,845,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,845,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,845,040, 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).