Q: Is 3,573,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,573,648 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 3,573,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 23 24 26 36 39 46 48 52 69 72 78 83 92 104 117 138 144 156 166 184 207 208 234 249 276 299 312 332 368 414 468 498 552 598 624 664 747 828 897 936 996 1,079 1,104 1,196 1,328 1,494 1,656 1,794 1,872 1,909 1,992 2,158 2,392 2,691 2,988 3,237 3,312 3,588 3,818 3,984 4,316 4,784 5,382 5,727 5,976 6,474 7,176 7,636 8,632 9,711 10,764 11,454 11,952 12,948 14,352 15,272 17,181 17,264 19,422 21,528 22,908 24,817 25,896 30,544 34,362 38,844 43,056 45,816 49,634 51,792 68,724 74,451 77,688 91,632 99,268 137,448 148,902 155,376 198,536 223,353 274,896 297,804 397,072 446,706 595,608 893,412 1,191,216 1,786,824 and 3,573,648, with no remainder.

Since 3,573,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,573,648, 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).