Q: Is 3,226,548 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,226,548 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 3,226,548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 37 39 43 52 74 78 86 111 129 148 156 169 172 222 258 338 444 481 507 516 559 676 962 1,014 1,118 1,443 1,591 1,677 1,924 2,028 2,236 2,886 3,182 3,354 4,773 5,772 6,253 6,364 6,708 7,267 9,546 12,506 14,534 18,759 19,092 20,683 21,801 25,012 29,068 37,518 41,366 43,602 62,049 75,036 82,732 87,204 124,098 248,196 268,879 537,758 806,637 1,075,516 1,613,274 and 3,226,548, with no remainder.

Since 3,226,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,226,548, 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).