Q: Is 3,658,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,658,440 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 3,658,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 516 645 709 860 1,032 1,290 1,418 1,720 2,127 2,580 2,836 3,545 4,254 5,160 5,672 7,090 8,508 10,635 14,180 17,016 21,270 28,360 30,487 42,540 60,974 85,080 91,461 121,948 152,435 182,922 243,896 304,870 365,844 457,305 609,740 731,688 914,610 1,219,480 1,829,220 and 3,658,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,658,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,658,440, 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).