Q: Is 35,175,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,175,420 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 35,175,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 45 60 63 70 84 90 105 126 140 180 210 252 315 420 630 1,260 27,917 55,834 83,751 111,668 139,585 167,502 195,419 251,253 279,170 335,004 390,838 418,755 502,506 558,340 586,257 781,676 837,510 977,095 1,005,012 1,172,514 1,256,265 1,675,020 1,758,771 1,954,190 2,345,028 2,512,530 2,931,285 3,517,542 3,908,380 5,025,060 5,862,570 7,035,084 8,793,855 11,725,140 17,587,710 and 35,175,420, with no remainder.

Since 35,175,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,175,420, 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).