Q: Is 3,542,715 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,542,715 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 3,542,715 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 11 15 17 33 45 51 55 85 99 153 165 187 255 421 495 561 765 935 1,263 1,683 2,105 2,805 3,789 4,631 6,315 7,157 8,415 13,893 18,945 21,471 23,155 35,785 41,679 64,413 69,465 78,727 107,355 208,395 236,181 322,065 393,635 708,543 1,180,905 and 3,542,715, with no remainder.

Since 3,542,715 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,542,715, 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).