Q: Is 3,505,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,505,740 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 3,505,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 491 510 595 714 982 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,473 1,785 1,964 2,380 2,455 2,946 3,437 3,570 4,910 5,892 6,874 7,140 7,365 8,347 9,820 10,311 13,748 14,730 16,694 17,185 20,622 25,041 29,460 33,388 34,370 41,244 41,735 50,082 51,555 58,429 68,740 83,470 100,164 103,110 116,858 125,205 166,940 175,287 206,220 233,716 250,410 292,145 350,574 500,820 584,290 701,148 876,435 1,168,580 1,752,870 and 3,505,740, with no remainder.

Since 3,505,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,505,740, 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).