Q: Is 3,560,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,560,144 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 3,560,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 38 49 56 76 98 112 133 152 196 239 266 304 392 478 532 784 931 956 1,064 1,673 1,862 1,912 2,128 3,346 3,724 3,824 4,541 6,692 7,448 9,082 11,711 13,384 14,896 18,164 23,422 26,768 31,787 36,328 46,844 63,574 72,656 93,688 127,148 187,376 222,509 254,296 445,018 508,592 890,036 1,780,072 and 3,560,144, with no remainder.

Since 3,560,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,560,144, 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).