Q: Is 3,986,130 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,986,130 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 3,986,130 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 23 30 46 53 69 106 109 115 138 159 218 230 265 318 327 345 530 545 654 690 795 1,090 1,219 1,590 1,635 2,438 2,507 3,270 3,657 5,014 5,777 6,095 7,314 7,521 11,554 12,190 12,535 15,042 17,331 18,285 25,070 28,885 34,662 36,570 37,605 57,770 75,210 86,655 132,871 173,310 265,742 398,613 664,355 797,226 1,328,710 1,993,065 and 3,986,130, with no remainder.

Since 3,986,130 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,986,130, 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).