Q: Is 3,429,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,429,580 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 3,429,580 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 17 20 22 28 34 35 44 55 68 70 77 85 110 119 131 140 154 170 187 220 238 262 308 340 374 385 476 524 595 655 748 770 917 935 1,190 1,309 1,310 1,441 1,540 1,834 1,870 2,227 2,380 2,618 2,620 2,882 3,668 3,740 4,454 4,585 5,236 5,764 6,545 7,205 8,908 9,170 10,087 11,135 13,090 14,410 15,589 18,340 20,174 22,270 24,497 26,180 28,820 31,178 40,348 44,540 48,994 50,435 62,356 77,945 97,988 100,870 122,485 155,890 171,479 201,740 244,970 311,780 342,958 489,940 685,916 857,395 1,714,790 and 3,429,580, with no remainder.

Since 3,429,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,429,580, 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).