Q: Is 3,706,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,706,880 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 3,706,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 128 160 181 256 320 362 512 640 724 905 1,024 1,280 1,448 1,810 2,048 2,560 2,896 3,620 4,096 5,120 5,792 7,240 10,240 11,584 14,480 20,480 23,168 28,960 46,336 57,920 92,672 115,840 185,344 231,680 370,688 463,360 741,376 926,720 1,853,440 and 3,706,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,706,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,706,880, 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).