Q: Is 3,136,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,136,536 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 3,136,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,117 1,404 2,234 2,808 3,351 4,468 6,702 8,936 10,053 13,404 14,521 20,106 26,808 29,042 30,159 40,212 43,563 58,084 60,318 80,424 87,126 116,168 120,636 130,689 174,252 241,272 261,378 348,504 392,067 522,756 784,134 1,045,512 1,568,268 and 3,136,536, with no remainder.

Since 3,136,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,136,536, 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).