Q: Is 3,835,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,835,260 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 3,835,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 18 20 22 26 30 33 36 39 44 45 52 55 60 65 66 78 90 99 110 117 130 132 143 149 156 165 180 195 198 220 234 260 286 298 330 390 396 429 447 468 495 572 585 596 660 715 745 780 858 894 990 1,170 1,287 1,341 1,430 1,490 1,639 1,716 1,788 1,937 1,980 2,145 2,235 2,340 2,574 2,682 2,860 2,980 3,278 3,874 4,290 4,470 4,917 5,148 5,364 5,811 6,435 6,556 6,705 7,748 8,195 8,580 8,940 9,685 9,834 11,622 12,870 13,410 14,751 16,390 17,433 19,370 19,668 21,307 23,244 24,585 25,740 26,820 29,055 29,502 32,780 34,866 38,740 42,614 49,170 58,110 59,004 63,921 69,732 73,755 85,228 87,165 98,340 106,535 116,220 127,842 147,510 174,330 191,763 213,070 255,684 295,020 319,605 348,660 383,526 426,140 639,210 767,052 958,815 1,278,420 1,917,630 and 3,835,260, with no remainder.

Since 3,835,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,835,260, 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).