Q: Is 3,512,484 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,512,484 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 3,512,484 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 37 54 74 81 108 111 148 162 222 293 324 333 444 586 666 879 999 1,172 1,332 1,758 1,998 2,637 2,997 3,516 3,996 5,274 5,994 7,911 10,548 10,841 11,988 15,822 21,682 23,733 31,644 32,523 43,364 47,466 65,046 94,932 97,569 130,092 195,138 292,707 390,276 585,414 878,121 1,170,828 1,756,242 and 3,512,484, with no remainder.

Since 3,512,484 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,512,484, 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).