Q: Is 3,368,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,368,592 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 3,368,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 149 157 298 314 447 471 596 628 894 942 1,192 1,256 1,341 1,413 1,788 1,884 2,384 2,512 2,682 2,826 3,576 3,768 5,364 5,652 7,152 7,536 10,728 11,304 21,456 22,608 23,393 46,786 70,179 93,572 140,358 187,144 210,537 280,716 374,288 421,074 561,432 842,148 1,122,864 1,684,296 and 3,368,592, with no remainder.

Since 3,368,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,368,592, 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).