Q: Is 3,637,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,637,480 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 3,637,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,181 1,540 2,362 3,080 4,724 5,905 8,267 9,448 11,810 12,991 16,534 23,620 25,982 33,068 41,335 47,240 51,964 64,955 66,136 82,670 90,937 103,928 129,910 165,340 181,874 259,820 330,680 363,748 454,685 519,640 727,496 909,370 1,818,740 and 3,637,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,637,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,637,480, 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).