Q: Is 3,639,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,639,440 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 3,639,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 67 70 80 97 112 134 140 194 268 280 335 388 469 485 536 560 670 679 776 938 970 1,072 1,340 1,358 1,552 1,876 1,940 2,345 2,680 2,716 3,395 3,752 3,880 4,690 5,360 5,432 6,499 6,790 7,504 7,760 9,380 10,864 12,998 13,580 18,760 25,996 27,160 32,495 37,520 45,493 51,992 54,320 64,990 90,986 103,984 129,980 181,972 227,465 259,960 363,944 454,930 519,920 727,888 909,860 1,819,720 and 3,639,440, with no remainder.

Since 3,639,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,639,440, 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).