Q: Is 3,602,196 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,602,196 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 3,602,196 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 43 52 78 86 117 129 156 172 179 234 258 358 387 468 516 537 559 716 774 1,074 1,118 1,548 1,611 1,677 2,148 2,236 2,327 3,222 3,354 4,654 5,031 6,444 6,708 6,981 7,697 9,308 10,062 13,962 15,394 20,124 20,943 23,091 27,924 30,788 41,886 46,182 69,273 83,772 92,364 100,061 138,546 200,122 277,092 300,183 400,244 600,366 900,549 1,200,732 1,801,098 and 3,602,196, with no remainder.

Since 3,602,196 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,602,196, 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).