Can I play The Sims 3 on Intel Pentium

have Intel Pentium Processor N3530 (2.16 GHz). My laptop is HP Pavilion 11 x360

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I do not recognize "Sims 3"  -- I suspect "The Sims 3" is a game and you are asking because the game is one you must purchase.  It would indeed be nice to know if you can play before you pay.  No one likes to guess about these things.
In general, yours is not a gaming system -- it is a little notebook, not made for playing games.
If the game is a "little game", then -- maybe.
If the game is going to be a large monetary investment -- say, more than you can toss out the window if you end up not being able to run it because the computer is not able to handle it, then the answer is
"No, you cannot run the game."
True / False statements cannot have any "if" bits.
You might go to the game's Website and check out what other's say about this.  Check not just what kind of processor, also how much RAM (memory) is enough (for example, 4GB on a computer is not very much to have, you need MORE), whether you can run on just wireless.  See whether anyone else has tried to run Sims 3 on a smaller computer.
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