Q: Is 3,516,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,516,216 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 3,516,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 19 22 24 33 38 44 57 66 76 88 114 132 152 209 228 264 418 456 627 701 836 1,254 1,402 1,672 2,103 2,508 2,804 4,206 5,016 5,608 7,711 8,412 13,319 15,422 16,824 23,133 26,638 30,844 39,957 46,266 53,276 61,688 79,914 92,532 106,552 146,509 159,828 185,064 293,018 319,656 439,527 586,036 879,054 1,172,072 1,758,108 and 3,516,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,516,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,516,216, 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).