Q: Is 3,269,574 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,269,574 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 3,269,574 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 49 63 66 77 98 99 126 147 154 198 231 294 337 441 462 539 674 693 882 1,011 1,078 1,386 1,617 2,022 2,359 3,033 3,234 3,707 4,718 4,851 6,066 7,077 7,414 9,702 11,121 14,154 16,513 21,231 22,242 25,949 33,026 33,363 42,462 49,539 51,898 66,726 77,847 99,078 148,617 155,694 181,643 233,541 297,234 363,286 467,082 544,929 1,089,858 1,634,787 and 3,269,574, with no remainder.

Since 3,269,574 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,269,574, 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).