Q: Is 3,542,868 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,542,868 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 3,542,868 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 28 34 36 42 51 63 68 84 102 119 126 153 204 238 252 306 357 476 612 714 827 1,071 1,428 1,654 2,142 2,481 3,308 4,284 4,962 5,789 7,443 9,924 11,578 14,059 14,886 17,367 23,156 28,118 29,772 34,734 42,177 52,101 56,236 69,468 84,354 98,413 104,202 126,531 168,708 196,826 208,404 253,062 295,239 393,652 506,124 590,478 885,717 1,180,956 1,771,434 and 3,542,868, with no remainder.

Since 3,542,868 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,542,868, 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).