Q: Is 3,656,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,656,120 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 3,656,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 79 89 104 130 158 178 260 316 356 395 445 520 632 712 790 890 1,027 1,157 1,580 1,780 2,054 2,314 3,160 3,560 4,108 4,628 5,135 5,785 7,031 8,216 9,256 10,270 11,570 14,062 20,540 23,140 28,124 35,155 41,080 46,280 56,248 70,310 91,403 140,620 182,806 281,240 365,612 457,015 731,224 914,030 1,828,060 and 3,656,120, with no remainder.

Since 3,656,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,656,120, 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).