Q: Is 3,579,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,579,624 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 3,579,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 83 166 249 332 498 599 664 747 996 1,198 1,494 1,797 1,992 2,396 2,988 3,594 4,792 5,391 5,976 7,188 10,782 14,376 21,564 43,128 49,717 99,434 149,151 198,868 298,302 397,736 447,453 596,604 894,906 1,193,208 1,789,812 and 3,579,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,579,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,579,624, 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).