Q: Is 3,636,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,636,880 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 3,636,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 52 65 80 104 130 169 208 260 269 338 520 538 676 845 1,040 1,076 1,345 1,352 1,690 2,152 2,690 2,704 3,380 3,497 4,304 5,380 6,760 6,994 10,760 13,520 13,988 17,485 21,520 27,976 34,970 45,461 55,952 69,940 90,922 139,880 181,844 227,305 279,760 363,688 454,610 727,376 909,220 1,818,440 and 3,636,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,636,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,636,880, 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).