Q: Is 3,622,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,622,740 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 3,622,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 121 132 165 220 242 330 363 484 499 605 660 726 998 1,210 1,452 1,497 1,815 1,996 2,420 2,495 2,994 3,630 4,990 5,489 5,988 7,260 7,485 9,980 10,978 14,970 16,467 21,956 27,445 29,940 32,934 54,890 60,379 65,868 82,335 109,780 120,758 164,670 181,137 241,516 301,895 329,340 362,274 603,790 724,548 905,685 1,207,580 1,811,370 and 3,622,740, with no remainder.

Since 3,622,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,622,740, 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).