Q: Is 3,696,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,696,840 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 3,696,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 24 27 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 54 56 60 63 70 72 81 84 90 105 108 120 126 135 140 162 163 168 180 189 210 216 252 270 280 315 324 326 360 378 405 420 489 504 540 567 630 648 652 756 810 815 840 945 978 1,080 1,134 1,141 1,260 1,304 1,467 1,512 1,620 1,630 1,890 1,956 2,268 2,282 2,445 2,520 2,835 2,934 3,240 3,260 3,423 3,780 3,912 4,401 4,536 4,564 4,890 5,670 5,705 5,868 6,520 6,846 7,335 7,560 8,802 9,128 9,780 10,269 11,340 11,410 11,736 13,203 13,692 14,670 17,115 17,604 19,560 20,538 22,005 22,680 22,820 26,406 27,384 29,340 30,807 34,230 35,208 41,076 44,010 45,640 51,345 52,812 58,680 61,614 66,015 68,460 82,152 88,020 92,421 102,690 105,624 123,228 132,030 136,920 154,035 176,040 184,842 205,380 246,456 264,060 308,070 369,684 410,760 462,105 528,120 616,140 739,368 924,210 1,232,280 1,848,420 and 3,696,840, with no remainder.

Since 3,696,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,696,840, 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).