Q: Is 3,726,690 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,726,690 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 3,726,690 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 23 30 33 46 55 66 69 110 115 138 165 230 253 330 345 491 506 690 759 982 1,265 1,473 1,518 2,455 2,530 2,946 3,795 4,910 5,401 7,365 7,590 10,802 11,293 14,730 16,203 22,586 27,005 32,406 33,879 54,010 56,465 67,758 81,015 112,930 124,223 162,030 169,395 248,446 338,790 372,669 621,115 745,338 1,242,230 1,863,345 and 3,726,690, with no remainder.

Since 3,726,690 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,726,690, 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).