Q: Is 3,551,742 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,551,742 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 3,551,742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 51 53 54 73 102 106 146 153 159 219 306 318 438 459 477 657 901 918 954 1,241 1,314 1,431 1,802 1,971 2,482 2,703 2,862 3,723 3,869 3,942 5,406 7,446 7,738 8,109 11,169 11,607 16,218 22,338 23,214 24,327 33,507 34,821 48,654 65,773 67,014 69,642 104,463 131,546 197,319 208,926 394,638 591,957 1,183,914 1,775,871 and 3,551,742, with no remainder.

Since 3,551,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,551,742, 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).