Q: Is 3,574,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,574,424 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 3,574,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 29 31 56 58 62 71 116 124 142 203 217 232 248 284 406 434 497 568 812 868 899 994 1,624 1,736 1,798 1,988 2,059 2,201 3,596 3,976 4,118 4,402 6,293 7,192 8,236 8,804 12,586 14,413 15,407 16,472 17,608 25,172 28,826 30,814 50,344 57,652 61,628 63,829 115,304 123,256 127,658 255,316 446,803 510,632 893,606 1,787,212 and 3,574,424, with no remainder.

Since 3,574,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,574,424, 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).