Q: Is 3,562,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,562,416 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 3,562,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 48 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 144 156 173 176 198 208 234 264 286 312 346 396 429 468 519 528 572 624 692 792 858 936 1,038 1,144 1,287 1,384 1,557 1,584 1,716 1,872 1,903 2,076 2,249 2,288 2,574 2,768 3,114 3,432 3,806 4,152 4,498 5,148 5,709 6,228 6,747 6,864 7,612 8,304 8,996 10,296 11,418 12,456 13,494 15,224 17,127 17,992 20,241 20,592 22,836 24,739 24,912 26,988 30,448 34,254 35,984 40,482 45,672 49,478 53,976 68,508 74,217 80,964 91,344 98,956 107,952 137,016 148,434 161,928 197,912 222,651 274,032 296,868 323,856 395,824 445,302 593,736 890,604 1,187,472 1,781,208 and 3,562,416, with no remainder.

Since 3,562,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,562,416, 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).