Q: Is 3,525,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,525,312 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 3,525,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 43 48 56 61 64 84 86 96 112 122 129 168 172 183 192 224 244 258 301 336 344 366 427 448 488 516 602 672 688 732 854 903 976 1,032 1,204 1,281 1,344 1,376 1,464 1,708 1,806 1,952 2,064 2,408 2,562 2,623 2,752 2,928 3,416 3,612 3,904 4,128 4,816 5,124 5,246 5,856 6,832 7,224 7,869 8,256 9,632 10,248 10,492 11,712 13,664 14,448 15,738 18,361 19,264 20,496 20,984 27,328 28,896 31,476 36,722 40,992 41,968 55,083 57,792 62,952 73,444 81,984 83,936 110,166 125,904 146,888 167,872 220,332 251,808 293,776 440,664 503,616 587,552 881,328 1,175,104 1,762,656 and 3,525,312, with no remainder.

Since 3,525,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,525,312, 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).