Q: Is 3,509,814 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,509,814 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 3,509,814 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 66 71 77 107 142 154 213 214 231 321 426 462 497 642 749 781 994 1,177 1,491 1,498 1,562 2,247 2,343 2,354 2,982 3,531 4,494 4,686 5,467 7,062 7,597 8,239 10,934 15,194 16,401 16,478 22,791 24,717 32,802 45,582 49,434 53,179 83,567 106,358 159,537 167,134 250,701 319,074 501,402 584,969 1,169,938 1,754,907 and 3,509,814, with no remainder.

Since 3,509,814 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,509,814, 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).