Q: Is 3,508,362 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,508,362 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 3,508,362 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 29 33 39 47 58 66 78 87 94 99 117 141 143 174 198 234 261 282 286 319 377 423 429 517 522 611 638 754 846 858 957 1,034 1,131 1,222 1,287 1,363 1,551 1,833 1,914 2,262 2,574 2,726 2,871 3,102 3,393 3,666 4,089 4,147 4,653 5,499 5,742 6,721 6,786 8,178 8,294 9,306 10,998 12,267 12,441 13,442 14,993 17,719 20,163 24,534 24,882 29,986 35,438 37,323 40,326 44,979 53,157 60,489 74,646 89,958 106,314 120,978 134,937 159,471 194,909 269,874 318,942 389,818 584,727 1,169,454 1,754,181 and 3,508,362, with no remainder.

Since 3,508,362 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,508,362, 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).