Q: Is 35,722,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,722,560 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 35,722,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 127 160 192 240 254 293 320 381 480 508 586 635 762 879 960 1,016 1,172 1,270 1,465 1,524 1,758 1,905 2,032 2,344 2,540 2,930 3,048 3,516 3,810 4,064 4,395 4,688 5,080 5,860 6,096 7,032 7,620 8,128 8,790 9,376 10,160 11,720 12,192 14,064 15,240 17,580 18,752 20,320 23,440 24,384 28,128 30,480 35,160 37,211 40,640 46,880 56,256 60,960 70,320 74,422 93,760 111,633 121,920 140,640 148,844 186,055 223,266 281,280 297,688 372,110 446,532 558,165 595,376 744,220 893,064 1,116,330 1,190,752 1,488,440 1,786,128 2,232,660 2,381,504 2,976,880 3,572,256 4,465,320 5,953,760 7,144,512 8,930,640 11,907,520 17,861,280 and 35,722,560, with no remainder.

Since 35,722,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,722,560, 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).