Q: Is 3,617,790 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,617,790 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 3,617,790 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 19 22 30 33 38 55 57 66 95 110 114 165 190 209 285 330 418 570 577 627 1,045 1,154 1,254 1,731 2,090 2,885 3,135 3,462 5,770 6,270 6,347 8,655 10,963 12,694 17,310 19,041 21,926 31,735 32,889 38,082 54,815 63,470 65,778 95,205 109,630 120,593 164,445 190,410 241,186 328,890 361,779 602,965 723,558 1,205,930 1,808,895 and 3,617,790, with no remainder.

Since 3,617,790 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,617,790, 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).