Q: Is 3,578,484 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,578,484 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 3,578,484 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 29 39 42 52 58 78 84 87 91 113 116 156 174 182 203 226 273 339 348 364 377 406 452 546 609 678 754 791 812 1,092 1,131 1,218 1,356 1,469 1,508 1,582 2,262 2,373 2,436 2,639 2,938 3,164 3,277 4,407 4,524 4,746 5,278 5,876 6,554 7,917 8,814 9,492 9,831 10,283 10,556 13,108 15,834 17,628 19,662 20,566 22,939 30,849 31,668 39,324 41,132 42,601 45,878 61,698 68,817 85,202 91,756 123,396 127,803 137,634 170,404 255,606 275,268 298,207 511,212 596,414 894,621 1,192,828 1,789,242 and 3,578,484, with no remainder.

Since 3,578,484 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,578,484, 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).