Q: Is 3,581,970 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,581,970 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 3,581,970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 37 42 70 74 105 111 185 210 222 259 370 461 518 555 777 922 1,110 1,295 1,383 1,554 2,305 2,590 2,766 3,227 3,885 4,610 6,454 6,915 7,770 9,681 13,830 16,135 17,057 19,362 32,270 34,114 48,405 51,171 85,285 96,810 102,342 119,399 170,570 238,798 255,855 358,197 511,710 596,995 716,394 1,193,990 1,790,985 and 3,581,970, with no remainder.

Since 3,581,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,581,970, 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).