Q: Is 3,579,849 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,579,849 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 3,579,849 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 13 21 27 31 39 47 63 91 93 117 141 189 217 273 279 329 351 403 423 611 651 819 837 987 1,209 1,269 1,457 1,833 1,953 2,457 2,821 2,961 3,627 4,277 4,371 5,499 5,859 8,463 8,883 10,199 10,881 12,831 13,113 16,497 18,941 25,389 30,597 38,493 39,339 56,823 76,167 91,791 115,479 132,587 170,469 275,373 397,761 511,407 1,193,283 and 3,579,849, with no remainder.

Since 3,579,849 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,579,849, 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).