Q: Is 3,589,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,589,860 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 3,589,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 30 38 47 57 60 67 76 94 95 114 134 141 188 190 201 228 235 268 282 285 335 380 402 470 564 570 670 705 804 893 940 1,005 1,140 1,273 1,340 1,410 1,786 2,010 2,546 2,679 2,820 3,149 3,572 3,819 4,020 4,465 5,092 5,358 6,298 6,365 7,638 8,930 9,447 10,716 12,596 12,730 13,395 15,276 15,745 17,860 18,894 19,095 25,460 26,790 31,490 37,788 38,190 47,235 53,580 59,831 62,980 76,380 94,470 119,662 179,493 188,940 239,324 299,155 358,986 598,310 717,972 897,465 1,196,620 1,794,930 and 3,589,860, with no remainder.

Since 3,589,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,589,860, 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).