Q: Is 3,553,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,553,704 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 3,553,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 126 132 154 168 198 231 252 264 308 396 462 504 616 641 693 792 924 1,282 1,386 1,848 1,923 2,564 2,772 3,846 4,487 5,128 5,544 5,769 7,051 7,692 8,974 11,538 13,461 14,102 15,384 17,948 21,153 23,076 26,922 28,204 35,896 40,383 42,306 46,152 49,357 53,844 56,408 63,459 80,766 84,612 98,714 107,688 126,918 148,071 161,532 169,224 197,428 253,836 296,142 323,064 394,856 444,213 507,672 592,284 888,426 1,184,568 1,776,852 and 3,553,704, with no remainder.

Since 3,553,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,553,704, 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).