Q: Is 3,498,090 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,498,090 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 3,498,090 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 19 30 34 38 51 57 85 95 102 114 170 190 255 285 323 361 510 570 646 722 969 1,083 1,615 1,805 1,938 2,166 3,230 3,610 4,845 5,415 6,137 6,859 9,690 10,830 12,274 13,718 18,411 20,577 30,685 34,295 36,822 41,154 61,370 68,590 92,055 102,885 116,603 184,110 205,770 233,206 349,809 583,015 699,618 1,166,030 1,749,045 and 3,498,090, with no remainder.

Since 3,498,090 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,498,090, 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).