Q: Is 3,646,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,646,560 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 3,646,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 71 80 96 107 120 142 160 213 214 240 284 321 355 426 428 480 535 568 642 710 852 856 1,065 1,070 1,136 1,284 1,420 1,605 1,704 1,712 2,130 2,140 2,272 2,568 2,840 3,210 3,408 3,424 4,260 4,280 5,136 5,680 6,420 6,816 7,597 8,520 8,560 10,272 11,360 12,840 15,194 17,040 17,120 22,791 25,680 30,388 34,080 37,985 45,582 51,360 60,776 75,970 91,164 113,955 121,552 151,940 182,328 227,910 243,104 303,880 364,656 455,820 607,760 729,312 911,640 1,215,520 1,823,280 and 3,646,560, with no remainder.

Since 3,646,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,646,560, 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).