Q: Is 35,796,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,796,240 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 35,796,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 83 90 120 144 166 180 240 249 332 360 415 498 599 664 720 747 830 996 1,198 1,245 1,328 1,494 1,660 1,797 1,992 2,396 2,490 2,988 2,995 3,320 3,594 3,735 3,984 4,792 4,980 5,391 5,976 5,990 6,640 7,188 7,470 8,985 9,584 9,960 10,782 11,952 11,980 14,376 14,940 17,970 19,920 21,564 23,960 26,955 28,752 29,880 35,940 43,128 47,920 49,717 53,910 59,760 71,880 86,256 99,434 107,820 143,760 149,151 198,868 215,640 248,585 298,302 397,736 431,280 447,453 497,170 596,604 745,755 795,472 894,906 994,340 1,193,208 1,491,510 1,789,812 1,988,680 2,237,265 2,386,416 2,983,020 3,579,624 3,977,360 4,474,530 5,966,040 7,159,248 8,949,060 11,932,080 17,898,120 and 35,796,240, with no remainder.

Since 35,796,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,796,240, 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).