Q: Is 35,752,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,752,440 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 35,752,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 251 502 753 1,004 1,187 1,255 1,506 2,008 2,374 2,510 3,012 3,561 3,765 4,748 5,020 5,935 6,024 7,122 7,530 9,496 10,040 11,870 14,244 15,060 17,805 23,740 28,488 30,120 35,610 47,480 71,220 142,440 297,937 595,874 893,811 1,191,748 1,489,685 1,787,622 2,383,496 2,979,370 3,575,244 4,469,055 5,958,740 7,150,488 8,938,110 11,917,480 17,876,220 and 35,752,440, with no remainder.

Since 35,752,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,752,440, 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).