Q: Is 2,983,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,983,860 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 2,983,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 121 132 137 165 180 198 220 242 274 330 363 396 411 484 495 548 605 660 685 726 822 990 1,089 1,210 1,233 1,370 1,452 1,507 1,644 1,815 1,980 2,055 2,178 2,420 2,466 2,740 3,014 3,630 4,110 4,356 4,521 4,932 5,445 6,028 6,165 7,260 7,535 8,220 9,042 10,890 12,330 13,563 15,070 16,577 18,084 21,780 22,605 24,660 27,126 30,140 33,154 45,210 49,731 54,252 66,308 67,815 82,885 90,420 99,462 135,630 149,193 165,770 198,924 248,655 271,260 298,386 331,540 497,310 596,772 745,965 994,620 1,491,930 and 2,983,860, with no remainder.

Since 2,983,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,983,860, 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).