Q: Is 3,542,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,542,968 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 3,542,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 19 22 26 38 44 52 76 88 104 143 152 163 209 247 286 326 418 494 572 652 836 988 1,144 1,304 1,672 1,793 1,976 2,119 2,717 3,097 3,586 4,238 5,434 6,194 7,172 8,476 10,868 12,388 14,344 16,952 21,736 23,309 24,776 34,067 40,261 46,618 68,134 80,522 93,236 136,268 161,044 186,472 272,536 322,088 442,871 885,742 1,771,484 and 3,542,968, with no remainder.

Since 3,542,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,542,968, 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).