Q: Is 35,936,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,936,460 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 35,936,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 81 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 162 180 189 210 252 270 315 324 378 405 420 540 567 630 756 810 945 1,134 1,260 1,620 1,890 2,268 2,835 3,169 3,780 5,670 6,338 9,507 11,340 12,676 15,845 19,014 22,183 28,521 31,690 38,028 44,366 47,535 57,042 63,380 66,549 85,563 88,732 95,070 110,915 114,084 133,098 142,605 171,126 190,140 199,647 221,830 256,689 266,196 285,210 332,745 342,252 399,294 427,815 443,660 513,378 570,420 598,941 665,490 798,588 855,630 998,235 1,026,756 1,197,882 1,283,445 1,330,980 1,711,260 1,796,823 1,996,470 2,395,764 2,566,890 2,994,705 3,593,646 3,992,940 5,133,780 5,989,410 7,187,292 8,984,115 11,978,820 17,968,230 and 35,936,460, with no remainder.

Since 35,936,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,936,460, 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).