Q: Is 3,870,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,870,240 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 3,870,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 32 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 96 110 120 132 160 165 176 220 240 264 330 352 440 480 528 660 733 880 1,056 1,320 1,466 1,760 2,199 2,640 2,932 3,665 4,398 5,280 5,864 7,330 8,063 8,796 10,995 11,728 14,660 16,126 17,592 21,990 23,456 24,189 29,320 32,252 35,184 40,315 43,980 48,378 58,640 64,504 70,368 80,630 87,960 96,756 117,280 120,945 129,008 161,260 175,920 193,512 241,890 258,016 322,520 351,840 387,024 483,780 645,040 774,048 967,560 1,290,080 1,935,120 and 3,870,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,870,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,870,240, 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).