Q: Is 3,513,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,513,216 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 3,513,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 672 896 1,307 1,344 2,614 2,688 3,921 5,228 7,842 9,149 10,456 15,684 18,298 20,912 27,447 31,368 36,596 41,824 54,894 62,736 73,192 83,648 109,788 125,472 146,384 167,296 219,576 250,944 292,768 439,152 501,888 585,536 878,304 1,171,072 1,756,608 and 3,513,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,513,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,513,216, 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).