Q: Is 3,355,590 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,355,590 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 3,355,590 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 19 21 29 30 35 38 42 57 58 70 87 95 105 114 133 145 174 190 203 210 266 285 290 399 406 435 551 570 609 665 798 841 870 1,015 1,102 1,218 1,330 1,653 1,682 1,995 2,030 2,523 2,755 3,045 3,306 3,857 3,990 4,205 5,046 5,510 5,887 6,090 7,714 8,265 8,410 11,571 11,774 12,615 15,979 16,530 17,661 19,285 23,142 25,230 29,435 31,958 35,322 38,570 47,937 57,855 58,870 79,895 88,305 95,874 111,853 115,710 159,790 176,610 223,706 239,685 335,559 479,370 559,265 671,118 1,118,530 1,677,795 and 3,355,590, with no remainder.

Since 3,355,590 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,355,590, 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).