Q: Is 3,623,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,623,160 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 3,623,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 109 120 218 277 327 436 545 554 654 831 872 1,090 1,108 1,308 1,385 1,635 1,662 2,180 2,216 2,616 2,770 3,270 3,324 4,155 4,360 5,540 6,540 6,648 8,310 11,080 13,080 16,620 30,193 33,240 60,386 90,579 120,772 150,965 181,158 241,544 301,930 362,316 452,895 603,860 724,632 905,790 1,207,720 1,811,580 and 3,623,160, with no remainder.

Since 3,623,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,623,160, 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).