Q: Is 3,553,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,553,368 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 3,553,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 52 56 78 84 91 104 156 168 182 273 312 364 546 728 1,092 1,627 2,184 3,254 4,881 6,508 9,762 11,389 13,016 19,524 21,151 22,778 34,167 39,048 42,302 45,556 63,453 68,334 84,604 91,112 126,906 136,668 148,057 169,208 253,812 273,336 296,114 444,171 507,624 592,228 888,342 1,184,456 1,776,684 and 3,553,368, with no remainder.

Since 3,553,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,553,368, 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).