Q: Is 3,486,546 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,486,546 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 3,486,546 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 49 59 63 67 98 118 126 134 147 177 201 294 354 402 413 441 469 531 603 826 882 938 1,062 1,206 1,239 1,407 2,478 2,814 2,891 3,283 3,717 3,953 4,221 5,782 6,566 7,434 7,906 8,442 8,673 9,849 11,859 17,346 19,698 23,718 26,019 27,671 29,547 35,577 52,038 55,342 59,094 71,154 83,013 166,026 193,697 249,039 387,394 498,078 581,091 1,162,182 1,743,273 and 3,486,546, with no remainder.

Since 3,486,546 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,486,546, 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).