Q: Is 3,526,038 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,526,038 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 3,526,038 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 23 27 34 46 51 54 69 102 138 153 167 207 306 334 391 414 459 501 621 782 918 1,002 1,173 1,242 1,503 2,346 2,839 3,006 3,519 3,841 4,509 5,678 7,038 7,682 8,517 9,018 10,557 11,523 17,034 21,114 23,046 25,551 34,569 51,102 65,297 69,138 76,653 103,707 130,594 153,306 195,891 207,414 391,782 587,673 1,175,346 1,763,019 and 3,526,038, with no remainder.

Since 3,526,038 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,526,038, 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).