Q: Is 3,523,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,523,770 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 3,523,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 31 45 54 62 90 93 135 155 186 270 279 310 421 465 558 837 842 930 1,263 1,395 1,674 2,105 2,526 2,790 3,789 4,185 4,210 6,315 7,578 8,370 11,367 12,630 13,051 18,945 22,734 26,102 37,890 39,153 56,835 65,255 78,306 113,670 117,459 130,510 195,765 234,918 352,377 391,530 587,295 704,754 1,174,590 1,761,885 and 3,523,770, with no remainder.

Since 3,523,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,523,770, 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).