Q: Is 3,395,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,395,568 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 3,395,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 59 66 88 109 118 132 176 177 218 236 264 327 354 436 472 528 649 654 708 872 944 1,199 1,298 1,308 1,416 1,744 1,947 2,398 2,596 2,616 2,832 3,597 3,894 4,796 5,192 5,232 6,431 7,194 7,788 9,592 10,384 12,862 14,388 15,576 19,184 19,293 25,724 28,776 31,152 38,586 51,448 57,552 70,741 77,172 102,896 141,482 154,344 212,223 282,964 308,688 424,446 565,928 848,892 1,131,856 1,697,784 and 3,395,568, with no remainder.

Since 3,395,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,395,568, 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).