Q: Is 36,705,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,705,720 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 36,705,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 19 20 24 30 34 38 40 51 57 60 68 76 85 95 102 114 120 136 152 170 190 204 228 255 285 323 340 380 408 456 510 570 646 680 760 947 969 1,020 1,140 1,292 1,615 1,894 1,938 2,040 2,280 2,584 2,841 3,230 3,788 3,876 4,735 4,845 5,682 6,460 7,576 7,752 9,470 9,690 11,364 12,920 14,205 16,099 17,993 18,940 19,380 22,728 28,410 32,198 35,986 37,880 38,760 48,297 53,979 56,820 64,396 71,972 80,495 89,965 96,594 107,958 113,640 128,792 143,944 160,990 179,930 193,188 215,916 241,485 269,895 305,881 321,980 359,860 386,376 431,832 482,970 539,790 611,762 643,960 719,720 917,643 965,940 1,079,580 1,223,524 1,529,405 1,835,286 1,931,880 2,159,160 2,447,048 3,058,810 3,670,572 4,588,215 6,117,620 7,341,144 9,176,430 12,235,240 18,352,860 and 36,705,720, with no remainder.

Since 36,705,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,705,720, 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).