Q: Is 3,130,710 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,130,710 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 3,130,710 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 53 55 66 106 110 159 165 179 265 318 330 358 530 537 583 795 895 1,074 1,166 1,590 1,749 1,790 1,969 2,685 2,915 3,498 3,938 5,370 5,830 5,907 8,745 9,487 9,845 11,814 17,490 18,974 19,690 28,461 29,535 47,435 56,922 59,070 94,870 104,357 142,305 208,714 284,610 313,071 521,785 626,142 1,043,570 1,565,355 and 3,130,710, with no remainder.

Since 3,130,710 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,130,710, 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).