Q: Is 3,586,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,586,000 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 3,586,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 40 44 50 55 80 88 100 110 125 163 176 200 220 250 275 326 400 440 500 550 652 815 880 1,000 1,100 1,304 1,375 1,630 1,793 2,000 2,200 2,608 2,750 3,260 3,586 4,075 4,400 5,500 6,520 7,172 8,150 8,965 11,000 13,040 14,344 16,300 17,930 20,375 22,000 28,688 32,600 35,860 40,750 44,825 65,200 71,720 81,500 89,650 143,440 163,000 179,300 224,125 326,000 358,600 448,250 717,200 896,500 1,793,000 and 3,586,000, with no remainder.

Since 3,586,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,586,000, 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).