Q: Is 3,698,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,698,460 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 3,698,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 81 90 108 135 162 180 243 270 324 405 486 540 761 810 972 1,215 1,522 1,620 2,283 2,430 3,044 3,805 4,566 4,860 6,849 7,610 9,132 11,415 13,698 15,220 20,547 22,830 27,396 34,245 41,094 45,660 61,641 68,490 82,188 102,735 123,282 136,980 184,923 205,470 246,564 308,205 369,846 410,940 616,410 739,692 924,615 1,232,820 1,849,230 and 3,698,460, with no remainder.

Since 3,698,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,698,460, 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).