Q: Is 3,537,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,537,352 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 3,537,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 26 28 43 52 56 86 91 104 113 172 182 226 301 344 364 452 559 602 728 791 904 1,118 1,204 1,469 1,582 2,236 2,408 2,938 3,164 3,913 4,472 4,859 5,876 6,328 7,826 9,718 10,283 11,752 15,652 19,436 20,566 31,304 34,013 38,872 41,132 63,167 68,026 82,264 126,334 136,052 252,668 272,104 442,169 505,336 884,338 1,768,676 and 3,537,352, with no remainder.

Since 3,537,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,537,352, 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).