Q: Is 3,548,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,548,736 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 3,548,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 61 64 72 96 101 122 144 183 192 202 244 288 303 366 404 488 549 576 606 732 808 909 976 1,098 1,212 1,464 1,616 1,818 1,952 2,196 2,424 2,928 3,232 3,636 3,904 4,392 4,848 5,856 6,161 6,464 7,272 8,784 9,696 11,712 12,322 14,544 17,568 18,483 19,392 24,644 29,088 35,136 36,966 49,288 55,449 58,176 73,932 98,576 110,898 147,864 197,152 221,796 295,728 394,304 443,592 591,456 887,184 1,182,912 1,774,368 and 3,548,736, with no remainder.

Since 3,548,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,548,736, 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).