Q: Is 35,242,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,242,560 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 35,242,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 64 72 80 90 96 108 120 135 144 160 180 192 216 240 270 288 320 360 432 480 540 576 720 864 960 1,080 1,440 1,728 2,160 2,880 4,079 4,320 8,158 8,640 12,237 16,316 20,395 24,474 32,632 36,711 40,790 48,948 61,185 65,264 73,422 81,580 97,896 110,133 122,370 130,528 146,844 163,160 183,555 195,792 220,266 244,740 261,056 293,688 326,320 367,110 391,584 440,532 489,480 550,665 587,376 652,640 734,220 783,168 881,064 978,960 1,101,330 1,174,752 1,305,280 1,468,440 1,762,128 1,957,920 2,202,660 2,349,504 2,936,880 3,524,256 3,915,840 4,405,320 5,873,760 7,048,512 8,810,640 11,747,520 17,621,280 and 35,242,560, with no remainder.

Since 35,242,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,242,560, 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).