Q: Is 3,580,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,580,740 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 3,580,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 27 30 36 38 45 54 57 60 76 90 95 108 114 135 171 180 190 228 270 285 342 349 380 513 540 570 684 698 855 1,026 1,047 1,140 1,396 1,710 1,745 2,052 2,094 2,565 3,141 3,420 3,490 4,188 5,130 5,235 6,282 6,631 6,980 9,423 10,260 10,470 12,564 13,262 15,705 18,846 19,893 20,940 26,524 31,410 33,155 37,692 39,786 47,115 59,679 62,820 66,310 79,572 94,230 99,465 119,358 132,620 179,037 188,460 198,930 238,716 298,395 358,074 397,860 596,790 716,148 895,185 1,193,580 1,790,370 and 3,580,740, with no remainder.

Since 3,580,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,580,740, 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).