Q: Is 3,605,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,605,000 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 3,605,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 100 103 125 140 175 200 206 250 280 350 412 500 515 625 700 721 824 875 1,000 1,030 1,250 1,400 1,442 1,750 2,060 2,500 2,575 2,884 3,500 3,605 4,120 4,375 5,000 5,150 5,768 7,000 7,210 8,750 10,300 12,875 14,420 17,500 18,025 20,600 25,750 28,840 35,000 36,050 51,500 64,375 72,100 90,125 103,000 128,750 144,200 180,250 257,500 360,500 450,625 515,000 721,000 901,250 1,802,500 and 3,605,000, with no remainder.

Since 3,605,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,605,000, 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).