Q: Is 3,541,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,541,776 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 3,541,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 83 84 112 127 166 168 249 254 332 336 381 498 508 581 664 762 889 996 1,016 1,162 1,328 1,524 1,743 1,778 1,992 2,032 2,324 2,667 3,048 3,486 3,556 3,984 4,648 5,334 6,096 6,972 7,112 9,296 10,541 10,668 13,944 14,224 21,082 21,336 27,888 31,623 42,164 42,672 63,246 73,787 84,328 126,492 147,574 168,656 221,361 252,984 295,148 442,722 505,968 590,296 885,444 1,180,592 1,770,888 and 3,541,776, with no remainder.

Since 3,541,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,541,776, 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).