Q: Is 3,609,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,609,424 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 3,609,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 37 52 56 67 74 91 104 112 134 148 182 208 259 268 296 364 469 481 518 536 592 728 871 938 962 1,036 1,072 1,456 1,742 1,876 1,924 2,072 2,479 3,367 3,484 3,752 3,848 4,144 4,958 6,097 6,734 6,968 7,504 7,696 9,916 12,194 13,468 13,936 17,353 19,832 24,388 26,936 32,227 34,706 39,664 48,776 53,872 64,454 69,412 97,552 128,908 138,824 225,589 257,816 277,648 451,178 515,632 902,356 1,804,712 and 3,609,424, with no remainder.

Since 3,609,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,609,424, 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).