Q: Is 3,534,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,534,520 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 3,534,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 29 40 44 55 58 88 110 116 145 220 232 277 290 319 440 554 580 638 1,108 1,160 1,276 1,385 1,595 2,216 2,552 2,770 3,047 3,190 5,540 6,094 6,380 8,033 11,080 12,188 12,760 15,235 16,066 24,376 30,470 32,132 40,165 60,940 64,264 80,330 88,363 121,880 160,660 176,726 321,320 353,452 441,815 706,904 883,630 1,767,260 and 3,534,520, with no remainder.

Since 3,534,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,534,520, 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).