Q: Is 3,575,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,575,440 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 3,575,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 17 20 22 34 40 44 55 68 80 85 88 110 136 170 176 187 220 239 272 340 374 440 478 680 748 880 935 956 1,195 1,360 1,496 1,870 1,912 2,390 2,629 2,992 3,740 3,824 4,063 4,780 5,258 7,480 8,126 9,560 10,516 13,145 14,960 16,252 19,120 20,315 21,032 26,290 32,504 40,630 42,064 44,693 52,580 65,008 81,260 89,386 105,160 162,520 178,772 210,320 223,465 325,040 357,544 446,930 715,088 893,860 1,787,720 and 3,575,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,575,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,575,440, 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).