Q: Is 3,567,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,567,040 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 3,567,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 71 80 142 157 160 284 314 320 355 568 628 710 785 1,136 1,256 1,420 1,570 2,272 2,512 2,840 3,140 4,544 5,024 5,680 6,280 10,048 11,147 11,360 12,560 22,294 22,720 25,120 44,588 50,240 55,735 89,176 111,470 178,352 222,940 356,704 445,880 713,408 891,760 1,783,520 and 3,567,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,567,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,567,040, 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).