Q: Is 3,537,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,537,040 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 3,537,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 19 20 26 38 40 52 65 76 80 95 104 130 152 179 190 208 247 260 304 358 380 494 520 716 760 895 988 1,040 1,235 1,432 1,520 1,790 1,976 2,327 2,470 2,864 3,401 3,580 3,952 4,654 4,940 6,802 7,160 9,308 9,880 11,635 13,604 14,320 17,005 18,616 19,760 23,270 27,208 34,010 37,232 44,213 46,540 54,416 68,020 88,426 93,080 136,040 176,852 186,160 221,065 272,080 353,704 442,130 707,408 884,260 1,768,520 and 3,537,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,537,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,537,040, 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).