Q: Is 3,577,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,577,440 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 3,577,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 58 60 80 87 96 116 120 145 160 174 232 240 257 290 348 435 464 480 514 580 696 771 870 928 1,028 1,160 1,285 1,392 1,542 1,740 2,056 2,320 2,570 2,784 3,084 3,480 3,855 4,112 4,640 5,140 6,168 6,960 7,453 7,710 8,224 10,280 12,336 13,920 14,906 15,420 20,560 22,359 24,672 29,812 30,840 37,265 41,120 44,718 59,624 61,680 74,530 89,436 111,795 119,248 123,360 149,060 178,872 223,590 238,496 298,120 357,744 447,180 596,240 715,488 894,360 1,192,480 1,788,720 and 3,577,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,577,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,577,440, 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).