Q: Is 3,513,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,513,224 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 3,513,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 22 26 37 44 52 74 83 88 104 143 148 166 286 296 332 407 481 572 664 814 913 962 1,079 1,144 1,628 1,826 1,924 2,158 3,071 3,256 3,652 3,848 4,316 5,291 6,142 7,304 8,632 10,582 11,869 12,284 21,164 23,738 24,568 33,781 39,923 42,328 47,476 67,562 79,846 94,952 135,124 159,692 270,248 319,384 439,153 878,306 1,756,612 and 3,513,224, with no remainder.

Since 3,513,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,513,224, 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).