Q: Is 3,537,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,537,020 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 3,537,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 68 85 101 103 170 202 206 340 404 412 505 515 1,010 1,030 1,717 1,751 2,020 2,060 3,434 3,502 6,868 7,004 8,585 8,755 10,403 17,170 17,510 20,806 34,340 35,020 41,612 52,015 104,030 176,851 208,060 353,702 707,404 884,255 1,768,510 and 3,537,020, with no remainder.

Since 3,537,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,537,020, 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).