Q: Is 3,577,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,577,640 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 3,577,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 47 55 88 94 110 173 188 220 235 346 376 440 470 517 692 865 940 1,034 1,384 1,730 1,880 1,903 2,068 2,585 3,460 3,806 4,136 5,170 6,920 7,612 8,131 9,515 10,340 15,224 16,262 19,030 20,680 32,524 38,060 40,655 65,048 76,120 81,310 89,441 162,620 178,882 325,240 357,764 447,205 715,528 894,410 1,788,820 and 3,577,640, with no remainder.

Since 3,577,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,577,640, 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).