Q: Is 3,260,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,260,340 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 3,260,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 59 60 90 118 177 180 236 295 307 354 531 590 614 708 885 921 1,062 1,180 1,228 1,535 1,770 1,842 2,124 2,655 2,763 3,070 3,540 3,684 4,605 5,310 5,526 6,140 9,210 10,620 11,052 13,815 18,113 18,420 27,630 36,226 54,339 55,260 72,452 90,565 108,678 163,017 181,130 217,356 271,695 326,034 362,260 543,390 652,068 815,085 1,086,780 1,630,170 and 3,260,340, with no remainder.

Since 3,260,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,260,340, 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).