Q: Is 3,560,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,560,436 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 3,560,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 37 44 54 66 74 81 99 108 111 132 148 162 198 222 243 297 324 333 396 407 444 486 594 666 729 814 891 972 999 1,188 1,221 1,332 1,458 1,628 1,782 1,998 2,187 2,442 2,673 2,916 2,997 3,564 3,663 3,996 4,374 4,884 5,346 5,994 7,326 8,019 8,748 8,991 10,692 10,989 11,988 14,652 16,038 17,982 21,978 24,057 26,973 32,076 32,967 35,964 43,956 48,114 53,946 65,934 80,919 96,228 98,901 107,892 131,868 161,838 197,802 296,703 323,676 395,604 593,406 890,109 1,186,812 1,780,218 and 3,560,436, with no remainder.

Since 3,560,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,560,436, 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).