Q: Is 3,375,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,375,528 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 3,375,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 31 39 52 62 78 93 104 124 156 186 248 312 349 372 403 698 744 806 1,047 1,209 1,396 1,612 2,094 2,418 2,792 3,224 4,188 4,537 4,836 8,376 9,074 9,672 10,819 13,611 18,148 21,638 27,222 32,457 36,296 43,276 54,444 64,914 86,552 108,888 129,828 140,647 259,656 281,294 421,941 562,588 843,882 1,125,176 1,687,764 and 3,375,528, with no remainder.

Since 3,375,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,375,528, 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).