Q: Is 3,547,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,547,980 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 3,547,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 30 36 45 46 60 69 90 92 115 138 180 207 230 276 345 414 460 690 828 857 1,035 1,380 1,714 2,070 2,571 3,428 4,140 4,285 5,142 7,713 8,570 10,284 12,855 15,426 17,140 19,711 25,710 30,852 38,565 39,422 51,420 59,133 77,130 78,844 98,555 118,266 154,260 177,399 197,110 236,532 295,665 354,798 394,220 591,330 709,596 886,995 1,182,660 1,773,990 and 3,547,980, with no remainder.

Since 3,547,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,547,980, 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).