Q: Is 3,553,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,553,880 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 3,553,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 41 44 55 82 88 110 164 197 205 220 328 394 410 440 451 788 820 902 985 1,576 1,640 1,804 1,970 2,167 2,255 3,608 3,940 4,334 4,510 7,880 8,077 8,668 9,020 10,835 16,154 17,336 18,040 21,670 32,308 40,385 43,340 64,616 80,770 86,680 88,847 161,540 177,694 323,080 355,388 444,235 710,776 888,470 1,776,940 and 3,553,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,553,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,553,880, 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).