Q: Is 3,567,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,567,960 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 3,567,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 22 24 30 33 34 36 40 44 45 51 53 55 60 66 68 72 85 88 90 99 102 106 110 120 132 136 153 159 165 170 180 187 198 204 212 220 255 264 265 306 318 330 340 360 374 396 408 424 440 477 495 510 530 561 583 612 636 660 680 748 765 792 795 901 935 954 990 1,020 1,060 1,122 1,166 1,224 1,272 1,320 1,496 1,530 1,590 1,683 1,749 1,802 1,870 1,908 1,980 2,040 2,120 2,244 2,332 2,385 2,703 2,805 2,915 3,060 3,180 3,366 3,498 3,604 3,740 3,816 3,960 4,488 4,505 4,664 4,770 5,247 5,406 5,610 5,830 6,120 6,360 6,732 6,996 7,208 7,480 8,109 8,415 8,745 9,010 9,540 9,911 10,494 10,812 11,220 11,660 13,464 13,515 13,992 16,218 16,830 17,490 18,020 19,080 19,822 20,988 21,624 22,440 23,320 26,235 27,030 29,733 32,436 33,660 34,980 36,040 39,644 40,545 41,976 49,555 52,470 54,060 59,466 64,872 67,320 69,960 79,288 81,090 89,199 99,110 104,940 108,120 118,932 148,665 162,180 178,398 198,220 209,880 237,864 297,330 324,360 356,796 396,440 445,995 594,660 713,592 891,990 1,189,320 1,783,980 and 3,567,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,567,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,567,960, 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).