Q: Is 3,538,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,538,704 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 3,538,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 53 78 104 106 107 156 159 208 212 214 312 318 321 424 428 624 636 642 689 848 856 1,272 1,284 1,378 1,391 1,712 2,067 2,544 2,568 2,756 2,782 4,134 4,173 5,136 5,512 5,564 5,671 8,268 8,346 11,024 11,128 11,342 16,536 16,692 17,013 22,256 22,684 33,072 33,384 34,026 45,368 66,768 68,052 73,723 90,736 136,104 147,446 221,169 272,208 294,892 442,338 589,784 884,676 1,179,568 1,769,352 and 3,538,704, with no remainder.

Since 3,538,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,538,704, 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).