Q: Is 3,455,430 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,455,430 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 3,455,430 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 37 55 66 74 110 111 165 185 222 283 330 370 407 555 566 814 849 1,110 1,221 1,415 1,698 2,035 2,442 2,830 3,113 4,070 4,245 6,105 6,226 8,490 9,339 10,471 12,210 15,565 18,678 20,942 31,130 31,413 46,695 52,355 62,826 93,390 104,710 115,181 157,065 230,362 314,130 345,543 575,905 691,086 1,151,810 1,727,715 and 3,455,430, with no remainder.

Since 3,455,430 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,455,430, 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).