Q: Is 3,509,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,509,772 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 3,509,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 47 49 84 94 98 127 141 147 188 196 254 282 294 329 381 508 564 588 658 762 889 987 1,316 1,524 1,778 1,974 2,303 2,667 3,556 3,948 4,606 5,334 5,969 6,223 6,909 9,212 10,668 11,938 12,446 13,818 17,907 18,669 23,876 24,892 27,636 35,814 37,338 41,783 71,628 74,676 83,566 125,349 167,132 250,698 292,481 501,396 584,962 877,443 1,169,924 1,754,886 and 3,509,772, with no remainder.

Since 3,509,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,509,772, 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).