Q: Is 36,260,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,260,980 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 36,260,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 49 70 98 140 163 196 227 245 326 454 490 652 815 908 980 1,135 1,141 1,589 1,630 2,270 2,282 3,178 3,260 4,540 4,564 5,705 6,356 7,945 7,987 11,123 11,410 15,890 15,974 22,246 22,820 31,780 31,948 37,001 39,935 44,492 55,615 74,002 79,870 111,230 148,004 159,740 185,005 222,460 259,007 370,010 518,014 740,020 1,036,028 1,295,035 1,813,049 2,590,070 3,626,098 5,180,140 7,252,196 9,065,245 18,130,490 and 36,260,980, with no remainder.

Since 36,260,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,260,980, 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).