Q: Is 3,531,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,531,576 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 3,531,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 41 74 82 97 111 123 148 164 194 222 246 291 296 328 388 444 492 582 776 888 984 1,164 1,517 2,328 3,034 3,589 3,977 4,551 6,068 7,178 7,954 9,102 10,767 11,931 12,136 14,356 15,908 18,204 21,534 23,862 28,712 31,816 36,408 43,068 47,724 86,136 95,448 147,149 294,298 441,447 588,596 882,894 1,177,192 1,765,788 and 3,531,576, with no remainder.

Since 3,531,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,531,576, 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).