Q: Is 3,739,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,739,230 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 3,739,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 45 54 55 66 90 99 110 135 165 198 270 297 330 495 594 990 1,259 1,485 2,518 2,970 3,777 6,295 7,554 11,331 12,590 13,849 18,885 22,662 27,698 33,993 37,770 41,547 56,655 67,986 69,245 83,094 113,310 124,641 138,490 169,965 207,735 249,282 339,930 373,923 415,470 623,205 747,846 1,246,410 1,869,615 and 3,739,230, with no remainder.

Since 3,739,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,739,230, 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).