Q: Is 3,575,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,575,352 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 3,575,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 29 33 44 58 66 87 88 116 132 174 232 264 319 348 467 638 696 934 957 1,276 1,401 1,868 1,914 2,552 2,802 3,736 3,828 5,137 5,604 7,656 10,274 11,208 13,543 15,411 20,548 27,086 30,822 40,629 41,096 54,172 61,644 81,258 108,344 123,288 148,973 162,516 297,946 325,032 446,919 595,892 893,838 1,191,784 1,787,676 and 3,575,352, with no remainder.

Since 3,575,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,575,352, 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).