Q: Is 3,110,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,110,580 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 3,110,580 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 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 660 990 1,571 1,980 3,142 4,713 6,284 7,855 9,426 14,139 15,710 17,281 18,852 23,565 28,278 31,420 34,562 47,130 51,843 56,556 69,124 70,695 86,405 94,260 103,686 141,390 155,529 172,810 207,372 259,215 282,780 311,058 345,620 518,430 622,116 777,645 1,036,860 1,555,290 and 3,110,580, with no remainder.

Since 3,110,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,110,580, 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).