Q: Is 3,557,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,557,268 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 3,557,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 396 429 468 572 691 858 1,287 1,382 1,716 2,073 2,574 2,764 4,146 5,148 6,219 7,601 8,292 8,983 12,438 15,202 17,966 22,803 24,876 26,949 30,404 35,932 45,606 53,898 68,409 80,847 91,212 98,813 107,796 136,818 161,694 197,626 273,636 296,439 323,388 395,252 592,878 889,317 1,185,756 1,778,634 and 3,557,268, with no remainder.

Since 3,557,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,557,268, 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).