Q: Is 3,584,574 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,584,574 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 3,584,574 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 29 42 54 58 63 81 87 109 126 162 174 189 203 218 261 327 378 406 522 567 609 654 763 783 981 1,134 1,218 1,526 1,566 1,827 1,962 2,289 2,349 2,943 3,161 3,654 4,578 4,698 5,481 5,886 6,322 6,867 8,829 9,483 10,962 13,734 16,443 17,658 18,966 20,601 22,127 28,449 32,886 41,202 44,254 56,898 61,803 66,381 85,347 123,606 132,762 170,694 199,143 256,041 398,286 512,082 597,429 1,194,858 1,792,287 and 3,584,574, with no remainder.

Since 3,584,574 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,584,574, 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).