Q: Is 3,511,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,511,008 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 3,511,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 73 96 144 146 167 219 288 292 334 438 501 584 657 668 876 1,002 1,168 1,314 1,336 1,503 1,752 2,004 2,336 2,628 2,672 3,006 3,504 4,008 5,256 5,344 6,012 7,008 8,016 10,512 12,024 12,191 16,032 21,024 24,048 24,382 36,573 48,096 48,764 73,146 97,528 109,719 146,292 195,056 219,438 292,584 390,112 438,876 585,168 877,752 1,170,336 1,755,504 and 3,511,008, with no remainder.

Since 3,511,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,511,008, 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).