Q: Is 3,444,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,444,540 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 3,444,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 17 20 22 30 33 34 44 51 55 60 66 68 85 102 110 132 165 170 187 204 220 255 307 330 340 374 510 561 614 660 748 921 935 1,020 1,122 1,228 1,535 1,842 1,870 2,244 2,805 3,070 3,377 3,684 3,740 4,605 5,219 5,610 6,140 6,754 9,210 10,131 10,438 11,220 13,508 15,657 16,885 18,420 20,262 20,876 26,095 31,314 33,770 40,524 50,655 52,190 57,409 62,628 67,540 78,285 101,310 104,380 114,818 156,570 172,227 202,620 229,636 287,045 313,140 344,454 574,090 688,908 861,135 1,148,180 1,722,270 and 3,444,540, with no remainder.

Since 3,444,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,444,540, 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).