Q: Is 3,515,694 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,515,694 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 3,515,694 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 47 78 91 94 137 141 182 273 274 282 329 411 546 611 658 822 959 987 1,222 1,781 1,833 1,918 1,974 2,877 3,562 3,666 4,277 5,343 5,754 6,439 8,554 10,686 12,467 12,831 12,878 19,317 24,934 25,662 37,401 38,634 45,073 74,802 83,707 90,146 135,219 167,414 251,121 270,438 502,242 585,949 1,171,898 1,757,847 and 3,515,694, with no remainder.

Since 3,515,694 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,515,694, 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).