Q: Is 35,877,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,877,800 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 35,877,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 25 28 35 40 49 50 56 70 98 100 140 175 196 200 245 280 343 350 392 490 523 686 700 980 1,046 1,225 1,372 1,400 1,715 1,960 2,092 2,450 2,615 2,744 3,430 3,661 4,184 4,900 5,230 6,860 7,322 8,575 9,800 10,460 13,075 13,720 14,644 17,150 18,305 20,920 25,627 26,150 29,288 34,300 36,610 51,254 52,300 68,600 73,220 91,525 102,508 104,600 128,135 146,440 179,389 183,050 205,016 256,270 358,778 366,100 512,540 640,675 717,556 732,200 896,945 1,025,080 1,281,350 1,435,112 1,793,890 2,562,700 3,587,780 4,484,725 5,125,400 7,175,560 8,969,450 17,938,900 and 35,877,800, with no remainder.

Since 35,877,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,877,800, 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).