Q: Is 3,353,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,353,580 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 3,353,580 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 31 36 45 60 62 90 93 124 155 180 186 279 310 372 465 558 601 620 930 1,116 1,202 1,395 1,803 1,860 2,404 2,790 3,005 3,606 5,409 5,580 6,010 7,212 9,015 10,818 12,020 18,030 18,631 21,636 27,045 36,060 37,262 54,090 55,893 74,524 93,155 108,180 111,786 167,679 186,310 223,572 279,465 335,358 372,620 558,930 670,716 838,395 1,117,860 1,676,790 and 3,353,580, with no remainder.

Since 3,353,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,353,580, 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).