Q: Is 3,235,617 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,235,617 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 3,235,617 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 21 23 29 33 49 63 69 77 87 99 147 161 203 207 231 253 261 319 441 483 539 609 667 693 759 957 1,127 1,421 1,449 1,617 1,771 1,827 2,001 2,233 2,277 2,871 3,381 4,263 4,669 4,851 5,313 6,003 6,699 7,337 10,143 12,397 12,789 14,007 15,631 15,939 20,097 22,011 32,683 37,191 42,021 46,893 51,359 66,033 98,049 111,573 140,679 154,077 294,147 359,513 462,231 1,078,539 and 3,235,617, with no remainder.

Since 3,235,617 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,235,617, 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).